The Lagos State Police Command mentioned on Sunday {that a} complete of 1,019 suspected miscreants have been arrested in several elements of the state in six days.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in an announcement on Sunday.
PUNCH Metro gathered that they have been apprehended between April 8 and April 14.
A press release issued by the Lagos State Speedy Response Squad on Tuesday acknowledged that 43 suspected miscreants have been apprehended at Oshodi.
The assertion partly reads, “Operatives of the Lagos State Speedy Response Squad on Tuesday arrested 43 suspects in an all-night raid of infamous spots in Oshodi and its environs, simply as they recovered a semi-automatic pistol in a separate incident the identical day.
“Among the weapons recovered have been pistols, 9mm calibre, and expended ammunition.
“The pistol was recovered in Opebi, Ikeja, when Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, deployed a crew from the squad to confirm info obtained from members of the general public. Additionally recovered through the discreet operation have been two 9mm cartridges and one expended cartridge of ammunition.
He disclosed that the 43 suspects have been these discovered culpable after a radical screening of all arrested suspects by the Commander RRS, noting that they’d be charged to courtroom instantly.
“Between April 8 and April 14, a complete of 1,019 together with 43 have been arrested by the Speedy Response Squad. The suspects will likely be arraigned tomorrow.”
PUNCH Metro had reported that pedestrians utilizing the PWD, Ladipo, Oshodi, and Berger bridges in Lagos State had lamented the presence of fierce-looking louts seizing management of the bridges.
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