According to him, 148 were detained for armed robbery.
The police spokesperson said that the victim snatched a rifle from the robbers and later handed it over to the police.
Mr Ndukwe added that further investigations on Friday led to the recovery of a pump-action gun with four live cartridges.
The police said that “the suspects confessed to have perpetrated acts of armed robbery and other heinous crimes in different parts of Enugu metropolis.”
In one case, a sex offender rereleased by mistake, raped a minor and sexually assaulted another woman after he got out of prison.
“The robbers abandoned three vehicles used for the operation,” said the police.
The Police Command in Ondo State said it had arrested three suspected “one chance” robbers in Akure, the state capital.
The police recovered six audio MP3 players, two face-caps, four pairs of shoes, four wrist watches, one hat and one torchlight from the corpse.
