Police kill armed robbery suspect, recover gun in Benin
The Police in Edo on Tuesday disclosed that they shot and killed a notorious armed robbery suspect and recovered one pump action gun and five live cartridges in a gun duel in Benin.
A statement by the state police spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, said the operation followed a distress call to the Divisional Police officer in charge of Ugbor division that there was an ongoing armed robbery operation along Abuja quarters by Benson Idahosa University, Ugbor GRA, Benin.
“The DPO personally led operatives to the scene with the aim to arrest the suspects. On arrival at the scene, the suspects, on sighting the police, engaged them in a gun duel.
“However, the superior firepower from the police operatives neutralised one of the suspected armed robbers.”
Items recovered from the suspect included one pump action gun and five live cartridges. She said the effort was ongoing to arrest the fleeing gang members.
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