Our reporter/ The Imo State Police Command on Saturday arrested two suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate who attacked a gold shop, resulting in a gun battle with law enforcement that ended with one other suspect dead.
The state police command spokesman, Henry Okoye, who made the disclosure during a parade of suspected criminals and exhibits in Owerri, the state capital, a statement noted that the jewellery carted away from the gold store was allegedly worth about N500 million.
The items recovered from the suspects included two pump action guns, four locally made pistols, eight rounds of live cartridges, and one expanded cartridge.
According to the command, the police received a distress call around 1 pm on Saturday.
It said seven hoodlums armed with sophisticated weapons and a white Hilux which had a “covered plate number” were robbing a jewellery shop at Ikenegbu, Owerri, the Imo state capital.
The police commissioner was said to have mobilised the command’s tactical team and led the operatives to the scene.
“On sighting police operatives, the hoodlums opened fire but were overwhelmed by the dexterity showcased by the gallant operatives who professionally maneuvered into vintage position and return fire which forced the hoodlums to succumb to their superior fire power,” Okoye said.
“In the gun duel that ensued, one of the hoodlum was neutralized, two were arrested while others escaped with various degrees of gunshot injuries.”
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