Enugu Police Arrest Three Male Suspects, Recover Firearms, Ammunition, and Hard Drugs

The Command has sustained its proactive crime-fighting efforts, recording successes in two separate operations that led to the arrest of three male suspects and the recovery of firearms, ammunition, and hard drugs.

On 19th January 2026, operatives of the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad, acting on credible intelligence, arrested two male suspects, Mba Emmanuel (a.k.a. “Indomie”, aged 31) and Onukwube Nnam (a.k.a. “Nwa Amodu”, aged 35), at the Awkunanaw area of Enugu South LGA. The suspects confessed to being members of the Supreme Vikings Confraternity, with Mba identified as the head and executioner of the unlawful group in Enugu South LGA as of December 2025. One Pump action gun and a locally fabricated Beretta-type pistol Beretta-type, thirty-one (31) live cartridges, a large wrap of substance suspected to be cannabis sativa, one HP laptop, and one motorcycle were recovered from them.

In a related operation on 31st January 2026, operatives raided criminal hideouts in the Agbani axis, arresting eight suspects. Following screening, one suspect, Ezeani Monday (aged 32), was found in possession of dried substance suspected to be cannabis sativa and thirty-nine (39) pellets of suspected crystal methamphetamine (“Mkpuru-mmiri”), while the remaining suspects were released after preliminary investigation.

The Commissioner of Police, Mamman Bitrus Giwa, reassures the public of the Command’s firm resolve to protect lives and property. He warns individuals involved in armed robbery and related crimes, cultism, and illicit drug activities to repent or face the full weight of the law.