Police arrest 52 kidnap suspects, recover arms, N6.8m cash

Rivers Police Command says it has arrested 52 suspected kidnappers, rescued six victims and recovered N6.8 million ransom paid to the suspects.
Mr Joseph Mbu, the Police Commissioner in the state, announced this in Port Harcourt on Thursday at a news conference, saying that nine kidnap suspects escaped during arrest.
He said that a large quantity of arms and ammunition were also recovered and that the feat was achieved within three months of his assumption of office in the state.
The police commissioner said that the command recorded 18 kidnap cases.
‘’We have recorded 18 kidnapping cases; we were able to rescue six and we arrested 52, those who escaped were nine.''
He said the command recovered 20 Ak47 rifles, one G3, five pump actions guns and an automatic pump action ones.
Others care 82 magazines and 1,450 rounds of AK47 ammunition.
``We have also recovered some dynamites, some cars (nine) and welding pipes.''
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