Police rescue kidnap victims, arrest offender, get well weapons in Anambra

A press release by the Anambra State police command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga mentioned the arrest occurred on Friday.

The assertion mentioned, “Throughout the Easter celebration, we intensified safety patrols geared toward making certain that residents and guests really feel secure and to nip to the bud any untoward scenario throughout the Easter holidays and past.

“Throughout one in every of such patrols, the Police rescued two kidnap victims, arrested a infamous cultist/kidnapper, and recovered seven pump-action weapons, seven reside cartridges, three handcuffs, one cutlass, one axe, one dagger and different incriminating objects.”

The assertion added, “Within the early hours of 18th April 2025, following an intense search operation, the Joint Safety Staff comprising the Police Operatives from Uli Police Divisional headquarters and Uli Vigilantes secured the secure return of two kidnapped victims in Ihiala.

“The armed males on Sunday, thirteenth April 2025 at 2pm at Amorka Village, Uli, alongside Onitsha Owerri Expressway double- crossed the sufferer’s car, compelled the occupants into one other car and zoomed off with them.

“The armed criminals deserted the sufferer’s car on the scene. The responding Police group have since recovered the deserted car to the Police Station for safekeeping.”

In one other improvement, cops hooked up to Fegge Divisional Headquarters by 1.30 pm a day earlier than, whereas on patrol intercepted a bus parked suspiciously alongside Port Harcourt Street, Higher Iweka, Onitsha.

“Throughout a search of the bus, they discovered a bag of rice containing 5 Pump motion weapons, eight reside cartridges and two handcuffs neatly hid in it. The arms and the bus had been recovered, and investigations are nonetheless ongoing to unmask the culprits.

“Additionally, operatives of the Fast Response Squad/Anti- kidnapping Unit performing on credible info on seventeenth April 2025 by 1.27 pm arrested one Israel Akachukwu ‘m’ aged 25 years, recovered two pump motion weapons, two reside cartridges, one Cutlass, one yellow Axe and a dagger in his condo at Ezeigwe Avenue Nkpor, Idemili North LGA.

“The suspect confessed to being a member of the Viking’s Confraternity and is already working with the operatives to arrest different gang members,” the assertion added.