Police arrest suspected robbers in Lagos.
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers whose gang had been terrorising motorists on Ikorodu road.
Police Public Relation Officer, Samuel Jinadu said the suspects were arrested while attempting to carry out an operation.
Jinadu said the police had been on the trail of the gang who he said had carried out many operations, mostly at night, with their motorcycles.
According to him, one locally made pistol, four live cartridges and a motorcycle with registration number QD 103 ZUR was recovered from them.
He said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, for further investigation.
Meanwhile, the command has warned motorcyclists who stop and pick passengers in front of banks to desist as security operatives would now arrest them.
Police Public Relation Officer, Samuel Jinadu said the suspects were arrested while attempting to carry out an operation.
Jinadu said the police had been on the trail of the gang who he said had carried out many operations, mostly at night, with their motorcycles.
According to him, one locally made pistol, four live cartridges and a motorcycle with registration number QD 103 ZUR was recovered from them.
He said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, for further investigation.
Meanwhile, the command has warned motorcyclists who stop and pick passengers in front of banks to desist as security operatives would now arrest them.
Lagos police clampdown on motorcyclists.
Also the Police Command have begun a clampdown on motorcyclists operating outside approved hours in the state.
The Command said the clampdown was necessary because of the high level of crime in the metropolis.
Police Public Relation Officer, Samuel Jinadu said investigations revealed that violent crimes in the state were carried out with motorcycles.
Jinadu said the law banning the use of motorcycles in designated roads and within stipulated hours was still in force.
He said about three hundred and twenty commercial motorcycles were impounded in different parts of the state while two hundred and fifty-nine suspects were arrested.
The Police Spokesman, said the motorcyclists were arrested for not adhering to the order given by the state government that they are not allowed to go beyond ten in the night in their operations.
It is no more news that in the Last one month, robbery operations were carried out in different parts of the state, resulting in the death of some people, including a Chinese who was shot dead in front of a bank in Ikeja.
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