Anambra Police Command Intensify Offensive Against Criminals, Recover Human Skull, RPG, Arms, Vehicle At Achalla, Awka North Council Area

Anambra State Police Command on Friday, recovered a human skull, one locally made rocket propelled Grande RPG launcher, two RPG bombs, one single-barrel long gun, empty chain of bullet and one Toyota Sienna at a criminal den at Amukabia, Achalla, Awka North Local Government Area.

The command also recovered, one Mercedes Benz Formatic Jeep, two cylinders, a huge quantity of hard drugs and other items, including a police beret and a police belt.

A release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said that the recovery came about following a counter-offensive operation launched against criminal elements, who laid an ambush against a six-man police team and a civilian car tracker, who were on a recovery operation of a Toyota Sienna Space Wagon vehicle earlier snatched on gun point on July nine 2022 at Oye-Agu Abagana.

While the police operatives neutralized some of the armed men and destroyed three of their camps during the encounter, four of the Police Operatives escaped the ambush, while two of them and the car tracker were captured by the criminals.

According to the release, some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds, having already murdered their captives and set their bodies ablaze.

The remains of the two murdered police officers and the civilian tracker have been recovered and deposited in a morgue, while police operation is still ongoing in the area to track the fleeing gang members.

The state commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng while condoling the families and friends of the murdered civilian car-tracker and the police operatives, described the incident as a classic example of the risk and sacrifices the police are exposed to in the onerous task of serving and protecting the country.

He also assured Ndi Anambra that efforts are being intensified towards total reclamation and domination of all the public spaces occupied by hoodlums in the state, apprehending and bringing the hoodlums and their accomplices to justice.