Lagos Police Raids Black Spots, Arrests 720 suspect

Lagos Police Raids Black Spots, Arrests 720 suspect

Dedeigbo Ayodeji

The Lagos State Police Command, Sunday, arrested 720 suspects with incriminating items including; locally made guns, life cartridges, charms, weed suspected to be Indian hemp, substances suspected to be cocaine and some items suspected to have been looted from various shopping outlets within the state during the recent Endsars unrest.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, had earlier warned and directed police officers and men to move against lawlessness and criminality in Lagos; he affirmed the zeal of the command to sustain the operations, even, beyond the yuletide season.

CP Hakeem Odumosu, however, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of SCID, panti, to commence discreet investigation on the arrested suspects for immediate prosecution.

He also urged those whose items were looted during the recent Endsars unrest to come up for claims of their items with prove of ownership.

The police chief commended the officers and men of the command for the successful operations, while he charged them to be at alert for more operations across the state.

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