Police nab 5 suspected cable thieves in Delta

<p>The police command in Delta State has apprehended five suspected electric pole and cable thieves in Kwale, headquarters of Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state, NAN reports.</p>, <p>The spokesman for the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this on Wednesday in Warri.</p>, <p>Edafe said that the five suspects were nabbed on Saturday by police operatives attached to the Kwale Division, following a discreet and intelligence-driven investigation.</p>, <p>He said that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), CSP Edwin Igoche, who had received complaints about the activities of the suspected vandals, detailed his men to go after them.</p>, <p>“On Aug. 5, 2023, the Divisional Crime Officer led a combined team of police and vigilante operatives and apprehended Michael Thankgod, Peter Onyoba, Prince Johnson, Ogochukwu Nwabochali and Chinedu Ossai,” he said.</p>, <p>Edafe said that items recovered from the suspects included three sacks containing electric conductor cables, two iron steel cutter and a measuring scale.</p>, <p>He added that the suspects and exhibits are in police custody while investigation in the matter is ongoing.</p>, <p>In another development, Edafe said that the command arrested another suspected criminal for unlawful possession of firearms in Okpe Local Government Area.</p>, <p>The 27-year-old suspect, identified as Oghenetoja Douglas, was apprehended on Sunday by the anti-robbery patrol team attached to the Orerokpe Division.</p>, <p>“The Police patrol team, while on a routine stop-and-search operation on the Oha-Orerokpe Community Road, intercepted a commercial tricycle with five male passengers.</p>, <p>“The policemen subjected them to a search during which one locally made double barrel, cut-to-size shotgun with two live cartridges and a sum of N148,000 were found in the possession of Douglas. The suspect was swiftly nabbed and taken into police custody while investigation is ongoing,” Edafe said.</p>