Lagos – The Delta State Police Command has discovered 138 rounds of AK47 live ammunition, one AK47 magazine, one Baretta pistol magazine and a knife in a bag of rice along Ughelli – PortHarcourt Road.

Giving insight on how the exhibits were recovered,

Delta State Police Spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe who gave the insight on how the exhibits were recovered said, “at about 4.30 am while team Eagle-net special squad was on routine patrol/stop and search along Ughelli-Porthacourt road,

“The team intercepted a Mazda 626 saloon car, dark green in colour with registration number UGH722 AA, with six occupants of two males and four females all occupants were asked to come down from the vehicle for searching”.

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“In the process of searching, a sack containing rice, a man whose name is not yet known among the occupants jumped into a nearby stream running while a hot chase ensued, but all efforts to catch up with him proved abortive as he escaped into the forest.

“The bag of rice bag identified by other passengers as the runaway man’s own, when search was conducted on the bag, 138 rounds of AK47 live ammunition, one AK47 magazine, one Baretta pistol magazine, and a knife were recovered

“Preliminary investigation revealed that the occupants are all passengers that boarded the cab from Eleyele PHC heading to Ughelli, Investigation is ongoing while all effort is being putin place to arrest the fleeing suspect”, he revealed.