Operatives attached to the Zone 16 Police Command have rejected a bribe of $17,000 offered to them by suspects they arrested for allegedly engaging in illicit drugs and fraudulent activities.
This was confirmed in a statement by the spokesman of the zone and a Superintendent of Police, SP Gunn Emonena, on Saturday.
According to Emonena, the Zonal Financial and Cyber Crime Unit, based on credible intelligence, stormed Rumukparali Community in Obio/Akpo Local Government of Rivers State to arrest the suspects.
He said that the three suspects: Billion Ndubuisi, Charles Amachree, and Martins Chinemike, confessed to have impersonated Ryam Bill, a US-based luminary, and defrauded one St. Andrea and Charlen Zielinsky to the tune of $71,500.
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He said that during the execution of a search in their premises by operatives of the zone covering Bayelsa and Rivers States, wraps of illicit hard drugs suspected to be hemp, two vehicles, two laptops and 10 phones were recovered.
He said: “The suspects through their agent offered the sum of 17,000 US Dollars bribe which was rejected by our well trained reformed officers.
“The money is registered and will be tendered as exhibits in court.”
According to Emonena, the Assistant Inspector General in charge of the zone, AIG Adebola Hamzat, has reiterated his dedication to protecting the lives and property of citizens within his jurisdiction and the country at large.
Hamzat noted that the Nigeria Police Force, under the astute leadership of the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has reasserted its dedication towards ensuring the safety and security of all citizens.
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