During the operation, police operatives reportedly recovered N2.25 million, an RX 350 Lexus SUV used by the suspects, a pump-action shotgun, two live cartridges, N2.25 million believed to be proceeds of crime, and a motorcycle.
A 32-year-old kidnap suspect, Marvelous Isaac, arrested by the Edo State Police Command, has confessed that the firearms used by his gang were rented from a chief security officer of Oredo Community, Benin City, identified as Liberty.
Isaac, who said he is from Akwa Ibom State but lives at Ekenwa Road in Benin City, the Edo State capital, was arrested after his gang kidnapped a woman at the Vegetable Market in Benin City on June 14.
During the operation, police operatives reportedly recovered N2.25 million, an RX 350 Lexus SUV used by the suspects, a pump-action shotgun, two live cartridges, N2.25 million believed to be proceeds of crime, and a motorcycle.
The Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, said that operatives of the Intelligence Response Team arrested the suspects following credible intelligence gathered on the kidnap incident.
