Police Foil robbery, recover 2 AK-47 rifles in Anambra

Men of the Anambra State Police Command have foiled a robbery on Ebenebe-Achalla Road in Awka North LGA.

Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesman, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, said the police got information from a public spirited citizen who saw two gunmen being conveyed on a motorcycle on the road.

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Tochukwu said, “Operatives went in pursuit of the gang and encountered them where they had positioned themselves to rob motorists. On sighting the operatives, they engaged them in a shootout, but the battle-ready operatives overwhelmed them; forcing them to abandon their weapons and flee into the bushy environment.”

He further said that after the encounter, the operatives combed the bush and recovered two AK-47 rifles loaded with several rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and shells of expended rounds.