Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has commended the Department of State Services, DSS, after operatives busted five high-profile kidnappers operating in forests across the State.
Acting on credible intelligence, DSS operatives recently traced the hoodlums to their hideouts in two separate locations in Enugu State
The suspects are believed to be part of a gang that has been terrorizing communities in Udi LGA and other parts of the State.
The kidnappers confessed that they collected huge sums of money as ransom from victims’ relatives.
Three of them, key members of another kidnap gang, were arrested on Friday in the State Capital.
Among the items recovered at the point of arrest where the suspects were hibernating included large sums of money, being proceeds of their illicit activities, lathel weapons and other dangerous objects.
Mbah did not give further details but noted that DSS in conjuction with the military, police and other security agencies as well as local Forest Guards will sustain the continuous crackdown on other fleeing gang members by raiding their hideouts and camps in the forests.
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