Delta State police command said it has arrested five kidnap suspects in Ughelli South Local Government Area of the state.
Delta police spokesperson Bright Edafe said Tuesday in Warri that they were nabbed in Ewu town after some intelligence work.
“On Sept. 12, 2024, the crack squad attached to the Ughelli Area Command, acting on a tip-off, stormed a brothel cum criminal hideout in Ewu town and arrested five suspects.
“The suspects confessed to various armed robbery and kidnapping operations in Ughelli and environs, including the kidnap of a 70-year-old woman, whom they kidnapped on Sept. 8, and collected a sum of N7.9 million before her release,” said Edafe.
According to the spokesman, items recovered from the suspects include one single barrel, three locally made cut-to-size guns and N450,000.
Other items are one Moniepoint Point of Sales (PoS) machine, one OPAY POS machine, and wraps of weeds suspected to be Cannabis sativa.
Edafe said the suspects were in their custody pending the outcome of an ongoing investigation.
