The Enugu State Police Command has rescued three victims of abduction and recovered two locally made firearms, ammunition and other exhibits following a swift response to a reported carjacking and kidnapping in the state.
The command disclosed this in a statement issued by its police public relations officer, Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday.
Ndukwe stated that the victims were rescued during an operation by operatives attached to the Anti-Cultism Sub-Unit of the Violent Crime Response Unit, with support from members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group and other community members.
According to the PPRO, the operation followed credible intelligence received at about 1:30 am on August 18, 2026, while the operatives were on crime-prevention patrol along the Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu.
He stated that the information concerned the carjacking and abduction of occupants of a Lexus RX350 by armed hoodlums in Independence Layout.
