The Imo Police Command yesterday paraded a 16 –year- old
teenage boy, Onyedikachi Iyaka, from the Ehime Mbano Local Government
Area of the state for suspected gun running and possession of weapons
and other police kits.
Parading the
suspect, the State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, disclosed that
400 rounds of chained GPMG live ammunition, 1,016 rounds of AK47 live
ammunition, one AK 47 empty magazine, one K2 empty magazine and one army
camouflage bullet proof vest was recovered from him. .
Other
exhibits recovered from him according to the CP were, one police bullet
proof vest, one blue police raincoat, one green beret cap and one empty
ammunition. .
Ezike who expressed
surprise and was visibly shocked by the quantum of exhibits recovered,
said that recovered weapons could shoot an helicopter. .
When
interviewed, the 16 –year- old suspect acknowledged that he was into
the business of selling ammunition untill the police caught him. But he
disclosed that the crime business belong to his elder brother whom he
identified as Jeff Iyaka, who is now at large. .
The
teenager said “ I am not the owner of the business, it belongs to my
brother, Jeff Iyaka. I sell each packet of ammunition N7,000."
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