Police kill two suspected robbers in Delta

One AK47 rifle and 27 rounds of 7.62 ammunition were recovered in the operation.

In a statement by Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, the deceased suspects were members of dreaded armed robbery/kidnaping gang.

The statement said on receipt of information that the duo were sighted at a club, the DPO Ovwian/Aladja Division, CSP Aliyu Shaba, led operatives there and arrested one of the suspects.

“Suspect immediately confessed to being a member of an armed robbery/kidnapping gang. He then led the operatives to their hideout in Udu where the police operatives were engaged in a serious gun duel by his gang members.

“During the gun duel, one of the suspects was neutralized by the operatives. The suspect arrested at the club was fatally wounded in the cross fire while other members of the gang escaped,” the statement added.

In another development, operatives of Raiders Squad deployed to Oghara, Ethiope West council area of the state, Sunday, raided a suspected cultists hideout at the back of Oghara Grammer School.

One AK47 rifle, one double barrel gun and cartridges were recovered.