The Delta State Police Command says its operatives have arrested no fewer than 678 suspects over various crimes across the state since February 2024.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda made this known on Tuesday while parading some suspects in Asaba.

He said the significant successes were recorded since his assumption of office in February this year.
According to him, the command had so far, recovered thirty-two AK-47/AK-49 rifles, twenty-seven Beretta pistols, seventy-two single barrel/cut-to-size guns, nineteen pump action guns and five thousand and forty-two rounds of ammunition and cartridges.

The CP said about 131 suspected armed robbers, 88 suspected kidnappers, 76 murder suspects, 329 suspected cultists, 54 suspected rapists, were arrested in the last 10 months.

He added that 48 kidnap victims were also rescued while 27 vehicles were also recovered.