The police in Delta State on Tuesday said they arrested three people in connection with an armed robbery that took place at Jeddo, near Warri.
A statement issued by Mr. Roland Preston of the Public Relations Department of the Delta State Police Command, said the police from Ugborikoko Police Station had arrested the suspects in a hotel in Warri, where property robbed from victims of the robbery attack were recovered.
The statement said, “Three armed men invaded the house of one David Sunday and Oluwakemi Monica in Jeddo town and robbed them at gun point of their properties, viz: jewellery, handsets, ATM cards, voters cards, passport photographs, wrist watches and other valuables estimated at N814,250.
“However, detectives from Ugborikoko Police station acting on a tip, raided the hotel along Airport Road Warri and arrested one Peter Sunday, Collins Sakutu, and Princewell Idiemuagele in connection with the crime.
“Items recovered from them include assorted jewellery, five different handsets, eight wrist watches, one kitchen knife, ATM cards, voters cards, passports, 12 SIM cards of different networks, clothes, shoes, bags and a rap of dry weeds suspected to be Indian hemp.
“The victims have identified the recovered items as the properties robbed from them.
Meanwhile, the suspects are undergoing preliminary investigation at Orerokpe Division.”
In another development, the command said they have arrested one person in connection with a violent conduct in last Saturday’s local government election in the state.