No fewer than seven hundred suspected cultists and thirty-eight suspected armed robbers have been arrested in different parts of Anambra state in the last three weeks.

The arrests, according to Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar, are clear signal that Anambra is no longer a safe haven for criminals.

Umar says the number of arrests within three weeks to him is unprecedented and the police will sustain the tempo until they flush out all the bad eggs in the state.

He said the police recovered several types of arms and ammunition from the suspects, saying some of the suspects had been arraigned, while the command was still investigating cases levelled against others.

Umar said additional personnel had been deployed in Anambra by the Inspector-General to beef up the existing security in the state, saying the command had created twenty new units and deployed its personnel to various flash points across the state.

He warned those who were in the habit of operating in offices and residential houses, especially around the Government House, Awka axis, to desist.

According to him, the command had set its dragnet in every location in the state; especially Awka, the capital, and that any person or group caught would be severely dealt with.

On extortion of money and other corrupt conducts by police officers, Umar warned them to shun such negative conduct, saying corruption was viewed as a serious offence.

The commissioner also advised the people of the state to disregard threats by any group that the forthcoming November eighteen governorship election in Anambra would not hold.