One David Nse Emmanuel was arrested when operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command busted a gun manufacturing factory operated by his father and his brothers where they fabricated different kinds of firearms in the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Joseph O. Eribo, disclosed this on Monday while briefing journalists on the command’s achievements in fighting crime and parading criminal suspects arrested for various crimes at different locations in the state in Uyo, the state capital.
He said the gun factory was busted based on credible information, adding that the operatives responded swiftly and stormed the factory, arresting one suspect while others escaped.
He listed the items recovered to include: seven newly made single-barrel guns, five newly made double-barrel guns, one special steel double-trigger pistol, one broken single-barrel gun, one trigger-handle walking stick knife, several cut iron pipes used for constructing gun barrels.
He said, “Based on credible information at the command’s disposal, operatives stormed a gun-making factory where firearms of various makes were fabricated and sold to criminals.
“During the operation, one David Nse Emmanuel, ‘m’, was arrested, while his father, Akpan Nse Emmanuel, ‘m,’ and his brothers, who jointly run the business, fled.
Eribo who said efforts were ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects, also disclosed the arrest of a suspected child trafficker, who made away with five children from one mother,
The suspect, one Promise Boniface, was arrested at Obio Ibiono and three five children rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents. The motorcycle used by the suspect in committing the crime was recovered.
The CP said the arrest came on the heels of a distress call on 14/11/2024, at about 1510hrs, from one woman (name withheld), who reported that five of her children had been taken away by an unknown man on a motorcycle.
