The Police in Rivers State have rescued the abducted Nollywood Lebanese actor, Bilal Nosser.
This was disclosed by the command’s spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, in a statement on Saturday.
Omoni said the actor was rescued in Port Harcourt following the swift intervention of operatives from Okehi Police Station led by the Divisional Police Officer.
Nosser was kidnapped in the early hours of Friday in Imo State and kept in a thick forest of Ndashi community in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The statement said: “Operatives from Okehi Police Station led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) rescued Bilal Nosser, a Nollywood actor popularly known as ‘Mr B’, in a sting operation on Friday night.
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“Nosser was kidnapped in the early hours of Friday in Imo State and taken to a forest in Ndashi where he was rescued by the DPO and his team.”
The police spokesman disclosed that the operatives arrested one suspect in the hideout while others fled on sighting the police team.
“The male suspect was arrested while he was keeping watch over Nosser. The suspect had confessed to the crime as well as named other gang members.
“Consequently, efforts have been intensified to arrest his fleeing members and recover their operational weapons,” he added.
He also said that the team recovered a Toyota Venza car belonging to the kidnapped Lebanese actor from his kidnappers.
