207 Suspected Criminals Arrested In 2023, Oyo Police

0

……. 50 stolen vehicles, 46 motorcycles/tricycles, guns recovered

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested and paraded about 207 suspects for various crimes in 2023.

The state Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat disclosed this on Friday while parading another 38 crime suspects allegedly involved in various degrees of criminal activities at various locations a few days to the new year at the command headquarters in Ibadan, the state capital.

Hamzat said 50 stolen vehicles and 46 motorcycles/tricycles were recovered since January till date, while 108 firearms and 721 rounds of various caliber of ammunition were retrieved from them.

Others paraded were armed robbery, kidnapping, and land-grabbing suspects.

Items recovered include six cars, English pump action, and revolver rifles, locally made guns, six mobile phones, one power generator, two motorcycles, nine firearms, 60 ammunition, local charms, and three cutlasses.

Parading the suspects on behalf of CP Hamzat, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said the suspects were picked up at their various hideouts.



...For the latest news update, Subscribe to our Whatsapp Channel (Click Here) and join our Telegram Update Group (Click Here)

Keji New 1
Do you know that you can now get your Stories, Articles, Events, and Eyewitness Reports published on Westerndailynews.com ?
You can also advertise your Product and Services on our page for more patronage
Contact us today by sending your Stories, Articles, Events, and Eyewitness Reports for publications as well as products and services for advertisement to westerndailies2018@gmail.com or WhatsApp (+2348058448531) for more information