Delta State Police Command has uncovered an illegal wine factory where assorted drinks at ovwia in Udu Local Government Area of the State.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, in a Statement explained that:
“The commander of the State Anti Cult Unit, SP Christopher Igbaji, after due intelligence gathering, mobilized operatives from SACU on a sting operation with the civilian anti-cult volunteer corps and arrested, Kenneth Ajie, of Amadaga village and uncover an illegal factory where fake alcohol is being produced at Ovwia in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The suspect who produces the fake wines in his house operates without any license. According to the suspect, he sells the wine for the sum of N300 per bottle N3,600 per carton; he confessed that he bottles the wine himself, he uses bottles that have already been used and dispose of, and he buys these bottles at N10.00 per bottle, and he also buys the cork from the open market. He claims he washes the bottles himself, corks the wines himself, and sells to members of the public. According to him, he works alone and produces about one to three cartons per day. Exhibits recovered include bottles of the drinks suspected to be fake alcoholic wine. The case is still under investigation”.
In another development, Edafe explained that:” On April 28, at about 1:20 am, men of ‘A’ Division Warri, received a distress call from one of the police constabulary attached to ‘B’ division Warri that four suspected armed robbery gang in a Toyota Camry (pencil light) were operating at Uber Axis in Warri, The DPO A Division Warri, CSP T.Y. Mahmud, mobilized and led anti-crime patrol team in search of the hoodlums.
They were later sighted between Ogwangwe and NPA the police engaged them in a hot chase to Iyara, the hoodlums eventually abandoned the Toyota Camry car with registration number: TE845 AAA. The Vehicle happens to be the same vehicle that was stolen at Ekuremu street in Warri on April 2, 2021, belonging to a renowned Journalist, Felix Ekwu. One locally made single barrel loaded with one live cartridge; there were few shots released toward their escape route and it is believed that they went with bullet injuries. The DPO ‘A’ Division led men for a search party, where abandoned shoes, neck chain, and phone charging cord were recovered at the escape route. Iyara vigilante and indigenes of Iyara were put on red alert to be on the lookout as well. The effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing robbers while the vehicle has been recovered”.
Delta State Police commissioner of police CP Ari Muhammed Ali has continued to deliver on his promise for the state to be crime-free, and as such, men of the command everything possible by taking the battle to these criminals.
