The police command in Anambra State says it has arrested four suspected kidnappers involved in separate kidnapping and robbery incidents across the state.
Tochukwu Ikenga, the police spokesman in Anambra, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Awka.
“As part of the ongoing security review and sustained offensive against violent crimes, the Anambra Police Command has recorded significant operational breakthroughs with the arrest of four suspected kidnappers.
“They were involved in separate kidnapping and armed robbery incidents across the state,” he said.
Mr Ikenga, a superintendent of police, said that on 16 July, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, in collaboration with detectives from the Ogbaru Divisional Police Station, foiled a suspected kidnap plot in Iyiowa, Odekpe, Atani in the Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
