Operatives of Delta State police command have combed various criminal hideouts in the state and arrested some suspects during the process.
Empathically, among the arrested were a suspected cultist, his sponsor, as well as bursting a four-man fraud syndicate. Fifteen different Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards were recovered from the fraudsters.
“Consequently, on January 23, 2023, at about 8 p.m., acting on credible intelligence on an alleged sponsor of Aro bagger cult group and also an active member of the group, a combined team of the Command Special Anti-Cult Unit (SACU), operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) and men of Operation Delta Hawk, stormed a hotel while trailing the suspects and arrested one Chief Joseph Ologbo, 37years old of Otor Community in Sapele LGA, said to be a renowned suspected financer and member of Aro Bagger cult group.
“When the search was extended to his fully tinted Toyota Tundra Van, one unlicensed pump action gun, two live cartridges, one expended cartridge, and an Aro Bagger cult regalia were recovered,” he said, adding that the suspect had made the useful statement and would be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.
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In another development, Edafe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said that on January 22, 2023, at about 8 a.m., operatives of Decoy Squad led by ASP Julius Robinson, while acting on credible intelligence on a syndicate, who specializes in defrauding unsuspecting victims of their hard-earned money, stormed Ogwashi-Uku town and arrested the following suspects; Allison Louis, a 27-year-old a native of Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa state, Sunday David, 22, a native of Otukpo, Benue state, Peter Akagbai, 20, from Umuokwe Quarters of Ogwashi-Uku and Chibuzor Elumeze, 23, from Ogbenta-Obi Quarters in Ogwashi-Uku.
The Police image maker said the exhibit recovered from the syndicate includes one tricycle and fifteen different bank ATM cards.
He added that during the course of the investigation, the suspects confessed to a series of frauds committed within Ogwashi-uku and Asaba metropolis with POS operators and filling stations as their major victims.
“The suspects stated that they go to filling stations, POS operators, and supermarkets, purchase items and also make withdrawals with their ATM cards and then call their banks and give a false complaint that the transaction was not successful.
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“The banks without due investigation will then wrongly debit the victims and credit the accounts of the suspects.
“They have so far defrauded their various victims several millions of naira. The investigation is ongoing,” Edafe enthused.
