ODAHIEKWU OGUNDE, Yenagoa
Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, Mike Okoli, says operatives have arrested no fewer than 42 suspects in the state in the last one week.
He said cache of arms, ammunition and other exhibits were recovered from the suspects.
He said in a statement on Wednesday that the suspects paraded were mainly armed robbers, murderers, thieves and cultists.
The CP stressed that the feats were possible within a few weeks due to the synergy between the police command and other security agencies in the state and the willingness of members of the public to volunteer useful information to the police.
He said armed robbers masquerading as the government task force team to rob unsuspecting members of the public of money and other valuables were paraded and the locally-made pistol used in the operation was showcased.
Okoli said others paraded were five thieves who stole four hundred and forty four (444) mattresses meant for victims displaced by floods in the state.
He said all the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of the investigation.