Police arrest Lagos robbers, recover 14 guns

Police

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 47 suspects and recovered 14 firearms in a series of operations across the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Tijani, disclosed this while presenting exhibits recovered from various crime scenes, including armed robbery, cultism, conspiracy, stealing, threat to life and unlawful possession of firearms, at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday.

Being his first press briefing since he assumed office recently, he said the arrests and recoveries were outcomes of intelligence-led strategies and community partnership adopted by the command to tackle crime and criminality.

According to him, items recovered during the operations include 14 firearms, which included 10 locally made pistols and four pump-action guns, as well as 96 rounds of 5.2mm live ammunition, 29 live cartridges and one expended cartridge. Punch