The Delta Police Command says it has detained two robbery suspects and recovered ammunition and other exhibits from them.
The command’s Spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Thursday to newsmen in Warri.
Edafe said that the suspects were caught on January 3 by the command’s operatives attached to the Ekpan Division in Uvwie Local Government Area.
He said that the duo specialised in using tricycle to dispossess unsuspecting passengers of their belongings at night.
According to him, the Ekpan Divisional Police Station detailed operatives attached to the division to go out and ensure the suspects were arrested.
He said that the division took the measure, in the wake of several complaints by residents of Ekpan, Warri and environs on the activities of a syndicate, which allegedly operated at night as keke riders and rob their passengers.
“Following intensive intelligence-led investigation, on January 3, two suspects were caught on the Warri-Sapele Road in Uvwie,” he said.
Edafe further said that two locally-made guns, 13 live cartridges, nine cell phones and their operational tricycle were recovered.
He said that the suspects were in the police custody, while investigation into the matter was ongoing.