The police in Enugu State, South-east Nigeria, have arrested 123 suspected criminals for various offences in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Kanayo Uzuegbu, disclosed this during a press briefing and parade of the suspects at the police headquarters in the state on Thursday.
He said offences committed by the suspects include murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, rape, vandalism, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition.
Mr Uzuegbu said the suspects were arrested in separate operations between July and August.
He said some suspects had been arraigned and remanded in correctional centres across the state.
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The police chief said a total of 972 arms and ammunition were recovered from the suspects during the separate operations.
He said 36 vehicles used by some of the suspects were also recovered.
The vehicles were 17 vehicles, 11 tricycles and eight motorcycles.
The commissioner said among those arrested were suspected abductors of students of the Enugu State College of Health Technology in the Oji River Council Area of the state.
The police later rescued two of the victims, with three others missing at the time of the incident.
During the Thursday briefing, Mr Uzuegbu announced that the remaining three abducted victims have been rescued and reunited with their families.
The commissioner said apart from the college students, 16 other abducted victims were also rescued by the operatives.
