The Edo Order Police Command has arrested two males in ownership of a firearm right through a regimen stop-and-search operation in Benin Town.
In step with a observation absolved by way of the command on X on Thursday, the suspects, Collins Evbayiro, 34, and O. Nagbagbonmuna, 35, had been apprehended by way of officials of the Ugbekun Section alongside Higher Sakponba Highway.
The observation famous that the suspects had been discovered with a in the community made cut-to-size double-barrel gun and two reside cartridges. The pieces had been found out of their Toyota Yaris automobile, with registration quantity BEN 777 XE.
“Officers of Ugbekun Division, while on stop-and-search along Upper Sakponba, arrested Collins Evbayiro, 34, and O. Nagbagbonmuna, 35, in possession of a locally made cut-to-size double-barrel gun with two live cartridges, in a Toyota Yaris car, registration number BEN 777 XE,” the Edo Order Police Command mentioned.
The police have showed that an investigation into the incident is ongoing to resolve the suspects’ intentions and any doable connections to prison actions.