The Delta state police command Monday mentioned it arrested infamous suspects for numerous legal offences, together with armed robbers, cultism, drug peddling, kidnapping and recovered firearms and harmful weapons within the state.
The command mentioned it recorded notable successes throughout totally different components of the state, resulting in the arrest of suspects in separate legal operations.
The police operatives raided legal hideout in Ika South native authorities space of the state and arrested one Henry Obi who confessed to be member of Aiye Confraternity.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), SP Brigjt Edafe mentioned, “On 4 April 2026 at about 1300hrs, operatives of the Raiders Unit, performing on credible intelligence, raided a suspected legal hideout at Ika South native authorities space, Agbor. The operation led to the arrest of 1 Henry Obi, 34, a local of Anambra state, who confessed to being a member of the Aiye Confraternity.”
“A radical search of the premises resulted within the restoration of 1 English-made pistol with six rounds of dwell ammunition. Additional search revealed suspected illicit medicine ingeniously hid inside the physique of a standing LG air conditioner within the parlour, suggesting deliberate efforts to evade regulation enforcement detection. The suspect and reveals are presently in custody, whereas investigation is ongoing.
He additional mentioned that, “On 05 April 2026 at about 1709hrs, operatives of the Buffalo Workforce, Delta state command, in collaboration with members of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Achalla Department, performing on credible intelligence, carried out a coordinated raid at Hausa Market by the Customs Checkpoint alongside the Benin–Asaba Expressway.
The operation led to the arrest of 4 suspects particularly: Yakubu Umar ‘M’, 19 years; Galiu Adamu, 17; Nuhu Musa, 16; and Zaraduwu Usman, 21.
Gadgets recovered embody massive portions of suspected illicit medicine, particularly Colorado, Canadian Loud, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, Tramadol, and Swinol. Additionally recovered had been two (2) regionally fabricated battle axes and the sum of One Hundred and Forty-4 Thousand Naira (N144,000).
All suspects and reveals are in custody, whereas investigation is ongoing.