The Police in Nnewi
yesterday, recovered arms and ammunition, including one AK4, Military rifle,
handcuffs, 1,500 live ammunition and 30 fully loaded magazines, from an
uncompleted estate at Uruagu Nnewi, owned by an overseas-based businessman.
The arm cache and
others were recovered following a tip-off.
Similarly, a joint
security task force, comprising the Police, Army, Navy, Department State
Service, DSS, and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, raided a
suspected baby factory at Odekpe in Ogbaru Local Government Area and rescued
three teenage pregnant girls during the operation.
A woman popularly
known as nurse who ran the home and her agent, were arrested by the force.
According to a
source, the bubble burst after one of the pregnant girls was allegedly
delivered of a baby boy but was dispossessed of the baby.
She was said to have
raised the alarm when she could not stomach the disappearance of her new born
baby.
The baby was later
recovered from the owner of the home by the security operatives and handed over
to the mother.
In a related
development, the joint task force has uncovered a criminal hideout in Nnewi
after a search on an erosion site in Nnewi North Council Area Anambra State.
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