Operatives of the Police Strike Force have arrested eight suspects following complaints of terror against some hoodlums armed with guns and other dangerous weapons in NembeBassambiri Community of Bayelsa State.

It was gathered that the strike force was deployed to the area for a combing operation to rid the community of armed hoodlums.

Police spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the development, said the operatives swung into action and raided the camps of the hoodlums in and around the NembeBassambiri Community.

He said: “The operation led to the arrest of eight suspects, including Gift Vanman, Daniel Solomon, Ishmael Teknikioa.k.a Moore, Rufus Itario, Joel Jubilee, Sylvanus Alatari, Sounpre Solomon, and Ayebanate Talbot (POS).

“Items recovered include three AK-47 rifles, two pump action guns, one LAR rifle, one jack-knife, one dagger, magazines, 104 rounds of live ammunition of various calibres, two Point of Sales (POS) machines, 10 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards, and one rechargeable bulb.

“The police wish to state that the operation was carried out by a combined team of police operatives to sanitise the community, and the officers were professional, neutral, and proactive in the mission to liberate members of the community from the terror instilled by the nefarious activities of the armed hoodlums as the Force will not allow lawlessness or gross violations of the law in any part of the country.

“This is contrary to the distorted narrative in the news that the community was attacked by hoodlums dressed in police uniforms. The distorted news is clearly the handiwork of mischief makers, and they are hereby warned against such calculated attempts to destabilise the country.

“It is also pertinent to send out a warning to all recalcitrant members of the society whose stock-in-trade is instilling fear into law-abiding members of the public and fomenting troubles across the country, to desist from such, as the police will leave no stone unturned in the bid to rid our societies of hooliganism, terrorism, and gross violation of extant laws.

“The Nigeria Police Force hereby reassures Nigerians of its unwavering commitment to attend to security issues affecting them by acting promptly on intelligence to curb such acts in any part of the country.

“The suspects will be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations,” Adejobi added.