The operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers at Ewu town in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday, September 17, 2024.

Edafe said the suspected kidnappers were arrested at their hideout in Ewu town last Thursday.

Edafe disclosed that the suspects were nabbed by the police crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command following a tip-off.

He noted that the suspects, upon interrogation, admitted to having abducted and released a septuagenarian woman after collecting N7.9 million as ransom.

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The police spokesperson said: “On September 12, 2024, the crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command, acting on a tip-off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town and arrested five suspects.

“The suspects confessed to various armed robbery and kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman, whom they kidnapped on September 8, and collected a sum of N7.9 million before her release.”

Edafe listed items recovered from the suspected kidnappers to include one single-barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size, guns and N450,000.

Other items are one Moniepoint Point of Sales (PoS) machine, one OPAY PoS machine, and wraps of weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa.

Edafe said the suspects are in police custody pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation.

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