The Akwa Ibom State police command has arrested a suspected armed robber and recovered items allegedly stolen from a victim at gunpoint in the state.

The command’s spokesman, Timfon John, stated this in a statement on Saturday.

He said that the suspect was arrested last Friday when the officers conducting a purposeful stop-and-search operation along Mbak Itam, intercepted a tricycle with registration number PBT 322 QN, ridden by Wisdom Edet, male.

“The tricycle, which had two passengers seated behind the rider, reportedly failed to stop when flagged down by the operatives and sped off. The police team immediately commenced pursuit.

“During the pursuit, the two passengers reportedly jumped out of the moving tricycle and escaped into the surrounding area, while the rider was successfully apprehended by the operatives,” Mr John said.

He stated that a thorough search of the tricycle subsequently led to the recovery of several items suspected to be proceeds of criminal activities.

The recovered exhibits include, one HP laptop, one PS4 game player, one torchlight, two face caps, one power bank, one key wallet holder, one black eyeglass, two phone chargers, one white long-sleeved shirt, one nose mask and one long-sleeved jean jacket

“At about 1000hrs on the same date, one Samuel, male, reported at the police station and positively identified the HP laptop and PS4 game player as his property,” he said.

Mr John explained that Mr Samuel stated that the items were allegedly stolen from him during a robbery at gunpoint.

He added that the victim identified some of the recovered clothing items as similar to those worn by the attackers when he was robbery.