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Kidnappers arrested in Port Harcourt while withdrawing ransom from bank

A kidnap syndicate has been smashed in Rivers State following the arrest of three of them while withdrawing ransom money.

The three suspects, Stanley Mgbiri, Blessing Mkpowu and Michael Hope

According to a statement posted on the Facebook wall of the command, the arrest of the trio of Stanley Mgbiri, Blessing Mkpowu and Micheal Hope, by operatives of its Anti-Kidnapping Unit, came after they went to a bank to withdraw a ransom paid in by relatives of a victim.

The statement reads in part:

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"Acting on a tip-off, the operatives were able to arrest Stanley Mgbiri, Mkpowu Blessing and Micheal Hope.

The trio are responsible for the kidnap of a 9-year-old girl,, at Igbo Etche. They were arrested when they threatened to kidnap one

They asked him to pay the sum of N3 million into a certain bank account. They s they did to a certain staff of NNPC, from whom they collected a ransom of N12m, and yet killed."

Nwakaji was said to have reported the threat to the police who advised him to play along and as a bait, the sum of N100,000 was paid into the account and when they went to withdraw it, they were arrested.

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