The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 68-year-old man and his 36-year-old son for alleged unlawful possession of four single-barrel firearms.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Yenagoa.
Mohammed said operatives of the Anti-Vice Unit made the arrest on Monday at about 10:30 a.m.
According to him, the suspects, who hail from Futoro Gbene Community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state, were intercepted in a tricycle during a routine stop-and-search operation along the Igbogene-Tombia Expressway in Yenagoa.
He said a search of the tricycle led to the discovery of four single-barrel guns concealed inside a sack and covered with sticks.
”When interrogated, the suspects reportedly told operatives that they were travelling to Abua in Rivers.
”The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yenagoa, for discreet investigation to ascertain the source of the firearms and identify any other persons connected with the offence,” Mohammed said.
He quoted the state Commissioner of Police, Iyamah Edebor, as reaffirming the command’s commitment to tackling the proliferation of illegal firearms and other violent crimes in the state.
Edebor also urged residents to continue providing timely and credible information to support security efforts.
