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VIOLENT CRIME RESPONSE UNIT (VCRU) AND COMMAND ANTI CULTISM UNIT (CACU) BURST SUSPECTED CULTISTS HIDEOUT, ARREST THIRTY-TWO SUSPECTED CULTISTS, RECOVER ONE PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN, ONE CUT-TO-SIZE, ONE DOUBLE-BARREL GUN, TWO LIVE CARTRIDGES, AND ILLICIT DRUGS

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VIOLENT CRIME RESPONSE UNIT (VCRU) AND COMMAND ANTI CULTISM UNIT (CACU) BURST SUSPECTED CULTISTS HIDEOUT, ARREST THIRTY-TWO SUSPECTED CULTISTS, RECOVER ONE PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN, ONE CUT-TO-SIZE, ONE DOUBLE-BARREL GUN, TWO LIVE CARTRIDGES, AND ILLICIT DRUGS

The Delta State Police Command in its ongoing campaign against cultism have arrested thirty-two (32) suspected cultists and the recovery of firearms, ammunition, communication equipment, and illicit drugs in separate intelligence-led operations.

1. ARREST OF TWENTY-FIVE SUSPECTED CULTISTS AND RECOVERY OF ONE PUMP-ACTION SHOTGUN, AND ONE CUT-TO-SIZE GUN: Acting on credible intelligence in the early hours of 16 June 2026, operatives of the Command's Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) stormed a suspected cult initiation ground at Agbarho following intelligence that members of the Eiye Confraternity allegedly linked to recent cult-related killings in Agbor were planning further acts of violence and the initiation of new members. Upon arrival at the location, the operatives came under gunfire from some of the suspects. The police team responded professionally during which two of the suspects sustained gun shot injuries. The operation resulted in the arrest of twenty-five (25) suspects, while several others fled the scene. Exhibits recovered during the operation include one (1) pump-action shotgun and one (1) cut-to-size firearm. The injured suspects are receiving medical treatment. Investigation is ongoing. 

2. RAID OF CRIMINAL HIDEOUT: ARREST OF SEVEN SUSPECTED CULTISTS AND RECOVERY OF ONE DOUBLE-BARREL GUN, TWO LIVE CARTRIDGES, AND ILLICIT DRUGS: In a related development, operatives of the Command Anti-Cult Unit (CACU), acting on credible intelligence, raided a suspected criminal hideout in Azagba-Ogwashi, on 14 June 2026. The operation led to the arrest of seven (7) suspected cultists namely: Obore Ndubrisi (26), Okafor Okene (25), Odinigie Sunday (26), Okohur Destiny (21), Felix Abraham (25), Aputa Israel (27), and Okolie Chinonso Peter (24). Exhibits recovered from the suspects include one (1) double-barrel gun, two (2) live cartridges, quantities of substances su

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