Police arrest two suspects over transnational crime in Oyo 

Men of the Oyo State Police Command person arrested 2 suspects successful transportation with a transnational crime.

The suspects, identified arsenic Adewale Abiola and Kabiru Abobarin, were allegedly progressive successful trafficking stolen exotic vehicles crossed Nigeria’s borders for merchantability successful different countries.

They were arrested by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) of the command.

Police Public Relations Officer of the authorities command, Olayinka Ayanlade, made this known successful a connection issued on Wednesday.

Ayanlade explained that immoderate items, including 4 HP laptops, 1 iPhone 15 Pro Max, a container containing 7 wristwatches and immoderate jewellery, were recovered from the suspects arsenic exhibits.

According to him, “At astir 0400hrs connected 25 August 2026, VCRU operatives sighted the stolen Lexus SUV and attempted to halt it for interrogation.

“The occupants, however, abandoned the conveyance and fled successful antithetic directions into the bush successful an effort to evade arrest. The operatives gave them a blistery chase, resulting successful the apprehension of 2 suspects, 1 of whom sustained a slug coiled to his near ft during the operation.

“The suspects identified themselves arsenic Adewale Abiola and Kabiru Abobarin. A hunt of the recovered conveyance led to...