Police arrest ‘two members of syndicate robbing trucks’ in Lagos
The police command in Lagos says its operatives have arrested two suspected armed robbers who specialise in attacking articulated vehicles on the Apapa-Wharf road.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s spokesperson, said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday.
Hundeyin said dangerous items like an iron cutter, jackknife, dagger, four spanners, a big sack and charms were recovered from the suspects.
“On Tuesday, about 2 p.m., a credible Intel was received by the Ijora Badia Police Division that some suspected traffic robbers were sighted on Apapa-Wharf Road Bridge by Marine Beach,” he said.
“The surveillance team from the division trailed the suspects. Two of the suspects were riding on a motorcycle marked LSD 341 QN.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are members of a notorious syndicate robbing trucks that ply Apapa-Wharf Road.”
The police spokesperson said an investigation revealed that the syndicate of robbers had their operational base at Boundary in the Ajegunle area of the state.
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