Ikenga said the operatives recovered two locally made double-barreled guns, one locally made single barreled gun, six live cartridges, and one Q link motorcycle.
The Anambra State Police Command says its operatives have arrested two rape and armed robbery suspects.
The command said guns and a motorcycle were recovered from the suspects.
The spokesman for the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a statement issued on Sunday in Awka, said early Saturday morning, police operatives attached to Abagana division arrested the two suspects described as serial offenders wanted for alleged rape and armed robbery.
Ikenga said the operatives recovered two locally made double-barreled guns, one locally made single barreled gun, six live cartridges, and one Q link motorcycle.
The police spokesperson said the suspects identified as 35-year-old Chukwuma Diji, also known as Sympathy or Chi-boy from Obinagu Umudun Village, Abagana, and 31-year-old Micheal Edochie from Eziabunabu Umudun, Abagana sometime in 2023, allegedly raped a married woman at Obinagu Abagana and fled the community when security operatives attempted to arrest them.
He said, “Also on 6/6/2024, the suspects broke into an apartment belonging to a young lady and raped her and her friend at gunpoint.
“The criminals later forced one of the victims to transfer money to his account after they took turns of sex with them. Chukwuma and Micheal both confessed to the crime.”
“The Commissioner of Police Anambra State Police Command, CP Nnaghe Itam, has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for a Comprehensive look to get justice for the victims of the alleged crime.
“The suspects are to be arraigned in court after the investigation is concluded,” Ikenga added.
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