Juliana Francis
Odumosu
The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed
that it has arrested 720 suspects and recovered substances suspected to be
illicit drugs after carrying out raids on some identified black spots in the
metropolis.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, the raid was carried out in a bid to solidify the security architecture of Lagos State.
He added that it was also in that spirit that the command re-launched its Anti-Crime Strategies, which would be used to curb crimes and criminality across the state.
He explained that yesterday, at about 7am, the command carried out raids simultaneously on identified black spots, reasonably believed to be harbouring criminals and hoodlums, across the14 Area Commands in Lagos State.
Adejobi said: “In the operations, police operatives of the command arrested 720 suspects with incriminating items, including locally-made guns and 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 violence.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, who had earlier warned and directed police officers and men to move against lawlessness and criminality in Lagos, affirmed the zeal of the command to sustain the operations, even, beyond the yuletide season.
Odumosu has, however, directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, to commence discreet investigations on the arrested suspects for immediate prosecution.
He also urged those whose items were looted during the recent Endsars violence to come up for claims of their items with prove of ownership. The CP 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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