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Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have arrested four suspected vandals in the state.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Uyo.
John stated that the suspects were apprehended on July 15, following a raid on two scrap dump sites in the state capital.
According to her, a significant quantity of suspected stolen government and public property was recovered in the raid.
John said: “The operation commenced at approximately 4:45 p.m. on July 15, and one suspect apprehended during a separate raid provided information leading operatives to the locations where stolen items were being sold.
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“Acting on this intelligence, at about 9:00 p.m. on the same day, operatives of the Command raided the two scrap dumps.
“During the raids, three additional suspects were arrested.
“Pieces of generator sets, suspected vandalised government aluminum electric cables, roofing sheets, and burnt copper electric wires were recovered from the suspects.
“Other recovered items include a brand new set of assorted sizes of spanners, approximately half a bag of 5-inch nails, an empty 5kg gas cylinder, galvanised pipes and angle bars.”
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