The Lagos State Police on January 20, 2017 has arrested two members of a
notorious armed robbery gang along railway line by Moshalasi Alhaja
area of Lagos State.
At about 04:15HRS of the said date the command received a distress
call from a resident alleging that armed men were terrorizing
inhabitants along railway line by Moshalasi in Agege.
The patrol team were mobilized to the scene, immediately the
miscreants sighted the policemen they opened fire on the policemen, the
police responded and two of the suspected armed robbers were
apprehended.
The suspects had robbed different victims at gun point, but with
the swift response of the police operatives some stolen items were
recovered and taken into custody as exhibits.
A cut to size locally-made double barrel, six (6) rounds of
ammunition, eleven (11) handsets of different brands, laptops, two (2)
television sets and wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp were
recovered from the suspects.
Effort is on to effect the arrest of other gang members at large as
the suspects apprehended have confessed that their modus operandi is to
rob unsuspecting members of the public and dispossess them of their
property and sold for cash.
The commands' PPRO SP Dolapo Badmos said the suspects will be
transferred to SARS for further investigation as she advised members of
the public to be vigilant and be rest assured that the Lagos state
police command will do its very best to keep criminals and criminal
activities at bay in the state.
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