Police arrest 80 suspects, recover six vehicles, firearms in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command says it arrested 80 suspects and recovered firearms, ammunition, six vehicles and different exhibits during assorted operations conducted crossed the authorities betwixt October 1 and 7.

The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, disclosed this connected Wednesday astatine a property league held astatine the bid office successful Ikeja.

Tijani said the arrests and recoveries formed portion of the command’s ongoing operations against equipped robbery, vandalism, postulation robbery, recruitment fraud and different transgression activities.

According to him, the items recovered during the operations included 4 Beretta pistols, 8 locally made pistols, 4 rounds of unrecorded 9mm ammunition and six vehicles.

Other exhibits recovered were six mobile phones, six conflict axes, 4 cutlasses, a artifact gun, 5 sacks of illicit drugs, vandalised robust materials and electrical wires.

The CP said 9 suspects were arrested successful transportation with alleged vandalism on the Coastal Road, portion different 19 were apprehended implicit alleged fraudulent occupation recruitment successful Tori-Lovi Community, Age-Mowo.

“The 19 suspects, which comprised 17 males and 2 females, lured unsuspecting members of the nationalist with purported employment opportunities that turned retired to beryllium fraudulent,” helium said.

Tijani besides disclosed that 29 suspects were arrested for alleged tra...