Delta police command arrests officers filmed counting cash in patrol vehicle
By
Samuel Omotere
The Delta State Police Command according to Punch reports, has said it arrested officers who appeared in a viral video counting bundles of cash inside a patrol van marked Area Command Asaba.
The video, which circulated on social media, showed the officers handling the money from their parked vehicle, raising widespread suspicion that the cash could have been proceeds of extortion.
Reacting to the development on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, Bright Edafe, confirmed in a post on X (Formerly Twitter) that the officers had been tracked and taken into custody.
According to him, the Command wasted no time in summoning the personnel before the Commissioner of Police after the video came to its attention.
“The policemen in the embarrassing video have been identified and arrested.