{"id":1842,"date":"2025-09-13T13:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=1842"},"modified":"2025-09-13T13:23:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T13:23:18","slug":"police-arrest-five-suspected-criminals-with-weapons-in-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/police-arrest-five-suspected-criminals-with-weapons-in-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest five suspected criminals with weapons in Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/>Operatives of Safe Delta have arrested a 23-year-old suspected armed robber, Raphael Chukwuemeka, with a cut-to-size double-barrel pistol and seven live cartridges.<br \/><br \/>The suspect was apprehended along DBS Road, Asaba, Delta State, on September 9, 2025. He is now in police custody.<br \/><br \/>Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest in a statement.<br \/><br \/><br \/>The police spokesman said, \u201cOn September 9, 2025, operatives of Safe Delta, while on surveillance patrol along DBS Road, sighted a group of boys fighting and engaging in affray, one with a cutlass.\u201d<br \/><br \/>According to SP Edafe, \u201cThe operatives swiftly went to the scene and, in the process, arrested Raphael Chukwuemeka, 23, with one cut-to-size double-barrel pistol with seven live cartridges recovered from him.\u201d<br \/><br \/>He added, \u201cThe suspect was taken into custody, and the investigation is ongoing.\u201d<br \/><br \/>In a separate incident, operatives of Safe Delta, while on stop-and-search duty at Head Bridge, Asaba, arrested three suspected armed robbers, Solomon Offor, 22, Ifesinachi Nwankeze, 19, and Ambrose Ugwuba, 23.<br \/><br \/>They were apprehended on September 10, 2025, at about 10:30 am.<br \/><br \/>Edafe confirmed, \u201cUpon search of the suspects and the motorcycle, a locally made single-barrel cut-to-size gun, cartridges and a dagger concealed in a bag were recovered.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Operatives of Safe Delta have arrested a 23-year-old suspected armed robber, Raphael Chukwuemeka, with a cut-to-size double-barrel pistol and seven live cartridges. The suspect was apprehended along DBS Road, Asaba, Delta State, on September 9, 2025. He is now in police custody. 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