Two robbery suspects, Yusuf Ibrahim and Hashimu Garba have been arrested and their ammunition seized by the police in Delta

The spokesman for the police in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Warri.

Mr Edafe said that the two were nabbed on November 26 by the Anti-Crime Patrol Team attached to Ekpan Police Station in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.

He explained that the patrol team was on a stop and search duty on the NPA Expressway, Warri, when they accosted the three suspects, with one currently at large.

“On November 26, at about 2315 hours,  the Anti-Crime Patrol Team attached to Ekpan Police Station while on visibility patrol/stop and search duty flagged down a motorcycle with three occupants by Benjones in Hausa Market on the NPA Expressway, Warri.

“The suspects alighted from the motorcycle and one of them surprisingly shot at the patrol team and the team returned the same.

“During the gun duel, one of the suspects, Ibrahim, age 27, was shot on his left foot.

“He was consequently arrested alongside the rider of the motorcycle, one Garba, aged 30, while the third suspect escaped,” he said.

Mr Edafe said that exhibits recovered from them included: one cut-to-size locally-made single-barrel gun, three live cartridges and two  expended cartridges.

He said that the command had launched a manhunt for the fleeing suspect.

NAN