Police recover stolen car of Journalist in Delta
Operatives of the Delta Police Command have uncovered an illegal local brewery, arrested the brewer as well as recovered a stolen vehicle belonging to a journalist in two separate operations in Delta State.
The Command’s acting Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe, in a statement, on Thursday, said SP Christopher Igbaje, the Commander of State Anti Cult Unit (SACU), led the team on a sting operation leading to the arrest of the suspect on April 16 at about 8:30 p.m.
“SP Christopher Igbaji after due intelligence gathering, mobilised operatives from SACU on a sting operation with the civilian Anti-cult Volunteer Corps and arrested one Kenneth Ajie ‘m’ of Amadaga village and uncovered an illegal factory where fake alcohol is been produced at Ovwia in Udu Local Government Area of the state.
“The suspect, who produces these fake wines in his house and branded his product Akesco Wine & Beverages Aladja Communities Nigeria, was operating without any license.
“According to the suspect, he sells the wine for N300 per bottle and N3, 600 per carton, he confessed that he uses bottles that have already been used and disposed of for N10.00 each and that he also buys the cork from the open market.
“He claims he washes the bottles himself, cork the wines himself, sells to members of the public, and produces about one to three cartons per day all alone,” Edafe, a Deputy Superintendent of Police disclosed.
Meanwhile, police operatives in A and B Division, Warri, on Wednesday, after receiving a distress call of an ongoing robbery operation, recovered a Toyota Camry belonging to a journalist, Felix Eķwu, at Iyara from a gang of four armed robbery suspects.
The Toyota Camry with Reg no. TE845 AAA which was stolen from where it was parked at Ekuremu Street in Warri on April 22, 2021, was apparently being used by the robbers to carry their nefarious activities.
Items recovered from the fleeing robbery suspects included the car, one locally-made loaded single barrel, one live cartridge, shoes, neck chain and phone charging cord.
DSP Edafe, who said police were on the trail of the suspects who have sustained gunshot injuries, urged Iyara vigilante and residents to furnish the Command with movements of strange faces in the area.
