{"id":135005,"date":"2024-10-20T22:29:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T21:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns"},"modified":"2024-10-20T23:31:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T22:31:34","slug":"police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, as an AK-47 rifle and other dangerous items were recovered from them.<\/p>\n<p>Among those paraded were four female suspects.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement issued by the command\u2019s public relations officer, ASP Henry Okoye, informed that the operation that led to the arrest of the suspects was carried out by the command\u2019s Anti-Kidnapping Unit on October 19, 2024, dislodging the camp said to belong to the suspects in Nempi, Oru West Local Government Area of the state, leading to the arrest of 29 suspects\u201425 males and four females.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the operation was initiated following the apprehension of a 25-year-old male suspect, Anukuru Nnana Emmanuel, at Mgbidi in Oru East Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The police spokesperson hinted that information obtained from the suspect during cross-examination enabled police operatives to locate and dismantle the camp.<\/p>\n<p>ASP Okoye further hinted that during the operation several dangerous items were recovered from the suspects, including 4 pump-action guns, two locally-made revolvers, five locally-made pistols, three AK-47 magazines, a Point of Sale (POS) machine, and 20 rounds of live cartridges. Also recovered were one white SUV and local bulletproof charms said to have been used by the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>He added that over N200,000, allegedly extorted from kidnapping victims, was also recovered from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvestigation is ongoing; efforts are in progress to apprehend the manufacturers of the locally made guns. The destruction of this camp is part of the command\u2019s ongoing efforts to combat violent crimes and restore peace within the state,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, as an AK-47 rifle and other dangerous items were recovered from them. Among those paraded were four female suspects. A press statement issued by the command\u2019s public relations officer, ASP Henry Okoye, informed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":135003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[1018,254,165],"class_list":["post-135005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-imo","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-20T21:29:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-20T22:31:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-20T21:29:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-20T22:31:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\"},\"wordCount\":286,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Imo\",\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\",\"name\":\"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-20T21:29:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-20T22:31:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, a ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":960,\"caption\":\"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns - Nigeria","description":"The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, a ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns","og_description":"The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-10-20T21:29:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-20T22:31:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":960,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns","datePublished":"2024-10-20T21:29:37+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-20T22:31:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns"},"wordCount":286,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg","keywords":["Imo","Nigeria","Police"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns","name":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-20T21:29:37+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-20T22:31:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Imo State Police Command has paraded 29 suspects alleged to be involved in kidnapping activities within the state, a ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1729450876.902141.jpg","width":1280,"height":960,"caption":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/police-arrest-29-kidnapping-suspects-in-imo-recover-14-guns#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police arrest 29 kidnapping suspects in Imo, recover 14 guns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}