Man apprehended with Police pistol at Onitsha check point
The Anambra state Police command has arrested one Sunday Onyema and recovered a Police Barreta pistol from him at Upper Iweka in Onitsha.
This was disclosed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer Haruna Mohammed in Awka on Thursday
The suspect according to the Police was arrested on his way from Asaba to the commercial city of Onitsha on August 7
Mohammed said that men of “Operation Puff-Adder on Aug. 7, 2019 at about 6.47 a.m. in conjunction with patrol team attached to operation Kpochapu caught one Sunday Onyema during a Stop and Search Operation.
The police PRO hinted that the combined team intercepted a bus with registration number UKP108ZU coming from Asaba while on Stop and Search duty at upper Iweka, Onitsha.
“After search, a Police Beretta pistol with breech number AO-4909Z, seven rounds of life ammunition, one expended ammunition and six different handsets were recovered from Sunday Onyema,” he said.
The suspect was currently assisting the Police with useful information to aid investigation, adding that the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution after investigation. He said
