The Cross River State Police Command has launched Operation Puff Adder in Calabar, the State capital.
Launching the operation, the State Commissioner of Police, Austin Agbonlahor said that the launch was in line with the Inspector General of Police’s directives that the operation be launch in the state.
“You may recalled that on April 5, 2019, the inspector General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Abubakar had launched a special operation code name ” Operation Puff Adder” to tackle emerging insecurity challenges especially kidnapping, armed robbery banditry among others crimes along Abuja-Kaduna express way and other parts of the country.
“The IGP equally directed the Commissioner of police in charge of state police commands to replicate same in their respective state commands. In compliance with IGP’s directive, the Cross River State police command is inaugurating a special squad, code name operation Puff Adder,” he said.
Source: daily post ng