The command in a statement by the Public Relations officers, Grace Iringe-Koko, noted that those arrested were involved in offences ranging from armed robbery, and organized crime of vehicle snatching from owners who are mainly Bolt/Uber drivers.
The statement revealed that twenty four year old Saviour Gbarale and eighteen year old Onyedikachi Uhala who specialize in house breaking and are linked to series of recent armed robbery attacks in the Port Harcourt metropolis were arrested at number 12 Etche Street Borikiri, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area by operatives of C4i Intelligence Unit of the Command.
Iringe-Koko said investigations also revealed that the suspects also raped and sexually abused a pregnant woman in the cause of their nefarious operations.
She said the Police operatives engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel and were subdued by Police superior fire power where Victor Okona and Onuoha John-Odinaka popularly called PRECIOUS at farm road in Eleme junction were arrested while others escaped with various degrees of injuries.
The statement disclosed that while one American Revolver pistol with breech, motorbike, one revolver pistol, two vehicles were recovered from the suspects, effort are being intensified to arrest others at large and all the suspects would be charged to court on completion of investigations.
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