The Anambra State Police Command has recovered firearms, a vehicle and suspected stolen cash following a shoot-out with fleeing criminals in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
Items recovered include one pump-action rifle, one locally fabricated single-barrel rifle, an ash-coloured Toyota Highlander with registration number UWN 680 PE, suspected stolen cash amounting to ₦636,700, and other incriminating items.
The recovery followed the abandonment of the suspects’ operational vehicle after it was involved in an accident during a hot pursuit by police operatives.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.
Ikenga said operatives attached to the Commissioner of Police Special Patrol Team made the recovery at about 5:00 pm on Tuesday while conducting an offensive security operation in the area.
“The operatives of the Anambra State Commissioner of Police Special Patrol, at about 5:00 pm on December 16, 2025, during an offensive security operation in Abagana, recovered one pump-action rifle, one locally fabricated single-barrel rifle, one ash Toyota Highlander with registration number UWN 680 PE, suspected stolen cash amounting to ₦636,700, and other incriminating items.
“The recovery followed the abandonment of an operational vehicle by fleeing suspects after it was involved in an accident during a hot pursuit by the operatives,” the statement partly read.