Ninety-six people have been apprehended by the Benue State Police Command in the last 23 days over their alleged connection with cases of armed robbery and cultism in the state.
According to the state Public Relations Officer (PRO), Catherine Anene, suspects were arrested in an operation that started August 24 and ended September 15.
Anene said that the operation commenced after several complaints by residents of Makurdi, noting that complaints to the State Command mostly came from residents of Welfare Quarters, Yarkiyo, Wadata, Ankpa Quarters, NUJ and North-Bank areas.
She stated that some of the items retrieved from the suspects after the arrest include two locally-made pistols, one Dane gun, two live cartridges, one canister of 38mm, tear gas cartridge, one military camouflage cap, three black berets, four red berets, and military jungle hat.
The command also retrieved two pairs of military uniforms, one iPad, two desert boots, one animal horn, cutlasses, knives and assorted charms, and wraps of herbs suspected to be Indian Hemp.
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