Security operatives discover arms, ammunition in Anambra

…Set criminals’ hideout ablaze  
A cordon-and-search operation by a joint security task force comprising the State Security Service (SSS), army, police, navy and Na­tional Drug Law Enforce­ment Agency (NDLEA) has led to the discovery of arms and ammunition at a noto­rious criminals’ hideout, in Nnewi North Local Gov­ernment Area of Anambra State. One suspect was also arrested during the opera­tion.
During the operation, a tent erected by criminals in the bush and their shrine were set ablaze, while a suspect, who gave his name as Ogbonna was arrested with a polythene bag containing some quantity of substances suspected to be Indian hemp. Similarly, police, acting on a tip-off stormed an uncompleted estate owned by an overseas-based business­man at Uruagu Nnewi and recovered one AK47 military rifle, handcuffs, 1,500 live am­munition and 30 fully loaded magazines.

In a related development, the joint security task force has raided a suspected baby factory at Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area and arrested a woman popularly known as “nurse,” who ran the home with her agent. The security operatives, according to our source, rescued three teenage pregnant girls during the operation.
The bubble burst, the source said, when one of the pregnant girls was delivered of a baby boy but was dispossessed of the baby, which made her to raise the alarm. The source al­leged that the baby was later recovered from the owner of the home by the security op­eratives and handed over to the mother.
When contacted, the Po­lice Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Awka, Mr. Uchenna Eze, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, confirmed the in­cidents, except the joint task force operation at the erosion site in Nnewi, which he said was not reported to his office.