The police command in Delta says it nabbed three suspected cultists and armed robbers in Warri and recovered ammunition from them.
Mr Edafe said that one locally made cut-to-size gun with six live cartridges and two expanded cartridges were recovered.
The police image maker said the suspects are currently in custody while effort is on to arrest the other members of the syndicate.
Mr Edafe said that the hoodlums were nabbed on Sunday by a combined team of the police State Anti-Cult Unit (SACU) and local vigilantes.
The PA was a butcher before approaching the deceased, asking to be taught film production.
Police investigation revealed that the vehicle was earlier snatched from the owner on the Ughelli-Warri Road.
Mr Edafe said the trio were shot on Thursday by police operatives attached to the Ozoro Division in Isoko North and Orogun Division.
A 33-year-old man has upon interrogation confessed to the murder of his own child for the money ritual, Delta State Police Command said on Sunday
Some of the items allegedly recovered include 105 wraps of SK, six wraps of loud, 16 wraps of suspected cocaine, and 60 packs of Razlers.
A witness said the gunmen claimed “they were enforcing orders of the proscribed Independent Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).”
