Police Foil Bank Robbery in Rivers, Seize 11 Guns

IGP Mohammed Abubakar

The police in Rivers State have confiscated 11 guns and other weapons after foiling an attempt to rob a bank. The seizure and the foiling of the bank robbery were announced in a statement Sunday in Abuja by the Deputy Force Public Relations Officer,  Mr. Frank Mba, a Chief  Superintendent of Police (CSP).

The statement said the seized guns included two General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with 593 rounds of ammunition and eight AK47 rifles with 1,635 rounds of ammunition and 57 magazines.

Others are one G3 rifle, two dynamites with detonators and other explosive cans, two gas cylinders with welding accessories, one sledge hammer and one axe, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.

The statement said the arms were taken away from three vehicles hidden at a mechanic village at Ihugbo on the East-West Road in Ahoada.

It added that the vehicles — a Volvo S40 car, a Mercedes Benz saloon car and a Nissan Pathfinder sport utility vehicle — had also been impounded.

It noted that the operation followed extensive intelligence activities carried out by the Rivers State Police Command “in the early hours of Friday, July 26".

Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has commended the officers and men of the command for the successful operation.

He enjoined all police commands and formations to step up their intelligence gathering activities to facilitate their efforts to provide adequate security for the citizenry.