Operation Sting gun down two notorious armed robbers in Rivers community

Rivers State Police Command said operatives of the Operation sting, killed two notorious armed Robbers last night at Rumuagholu community in Obio Akpor Local Government, while acting on credible information tailed a Black Mazda car with Reg.no KNM 504 Rivers with four armed robbers on board who were on their way for an operation. Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer Mr. Nnamdi Omoni in a statement observed that the hoodlums on sighting the Police, immediately jumped down from the car and opened fire on them and in a return fire two of them were fatally wounded and later die , while two others escaped with life threatening gun shot wounds. Exhibits recovered from the hoodlums includes,One AK47 Rifle, Eighty Three rounds of 7.62mm,Two Magazines ,One Pump Action Gun ,Four Cartridges and Operational vehicle Mr. Omoni also said efforts are on to arrest other members of the deadly gang on the run. The Image maker of the command enjoined members of the Public and residents of Rumuagholu and Rumuokoro to increase their security consciousness and report any persons with gun shot wounds to the nearest Police Station via the following security numbers: 1. 08032003514 2. 08098880134 3. 08182157778 The spokesman of the Command reiterated the effort of the force in dealing with all criminals in the State, especially in these ember months.