On Sunday, officers from the Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services apprehended a three-man robbery group in Enugu.
The gang specialised in robbing POS (Point of Sale) machines.
DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the police spokesman in Enugu State, revealed that the gang members were neutralised in a gun duel, following which arms, ammunition, and their operating tricycle were confiscated from them.
Two locally-made pistols, six rounds of 0.9mm calibre ammunition and N500,000 cash were also recovered from the gang, he stated.
“Other exhibits recovered were rolls of POS transaction printing papers, assorted mobile phones, wallets, bags and objects suspected to be charms,’’ he added.
Ndukwe stated also that the hoodlums had earlier robbed different POS operators and their customers at gunpoint in different locations in Enugu.
“At about 1 p.m., the hoodlums attacked POS operators at different locations in Enugu metropolis, dispossessing them of the recovered exhibits.
“The hoodlums opened fire on security operatives who mounted surveillance on them upon sighting the latter.
“The security operatives responded with superior firepower, neutralising the three of them and recovering the exhibits in the process,’’ the police spokesman stated.
He added that many of the victims later identified the assailants and some of the recovered exhibits.
“Investigation is on-going to possibly fish out other members of the criminal gang,’’ Ndukwe also stated.