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The Police Command successful Lagos State has dismantled a car-snatching syndicate operating successful Lagos and neighbouring states, recovering 5 stolen vehicles and respective firearms successful the process.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, portion speaking to journalists astatine the residence of the syndicate successful the Igando area, connected Friday, said the bid had achieved different breakthrough.
Jimoh said 3 members of the pack were apprehended successful their residence, which was utilized arsenic their hideout, wherever they planned and launched attacks connected unsuspecting motorists.
“The syndicate specialised successful posing arsenic passengers to dispossess drivers of their vehicles during transit.
“They usually committee vehicles arsenic passengers, and arsenic the travel progresses, they rob the owners of their vehicles,” helium said.
The constabulary brag cautioned backstage car owners, particularly civilian servants and professionals, against carrying chartless passengers for a interest to offset substance costs.
“It is precise dangerous. If you cannot spend fuel, it is amended to parkland your conveyance until you can. Many of these robbers instrumentality vantage of specified opportunities,” helium warned.
He noted that portion 1 of the reported incidents occurred successful the Lekki-Ajah country of Lagos, investigations revealed the pack had besides operated successful Oyo and Edo states.
“Our heavy probe into that azygous transgression led to respective recoveries. So far, we person recovered astir 5 vehicles, 2 of which are here,” helium said.
Jimoh, however, assured residents that the bid remained resolute successful its combat against crime.“We are connected apical of our crippled successful presumption of transgression prevention, control, and punctual detection.
Jimoh said among the exhibits recovered from the suspects were a pump-action automatic weapon, an English-made pistol with erased serial numbers, unrecorded cartridges and charms believed to beryllium utilized for extortion during operations.
“Lagos is safe, and we volition proceed to guarantee that each transgression enactment is promptly detected and perpetrators arrested,” helium affirmed.
The commissioner besides appealed to members of the nationalist to beryllium vigilant and study suspicious individuals successful their communities.
“We privation residents to beryllium our archetypal enactment of defence. If you announcement radical without a wide means of livelihood oregon those who determination successful and retired astatine unusual hours, study to us.
“Criminals are not spirits; they unrecorded among us,” helium said.
He commended the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, for providing logistics, tactical support, and operational vehicles that person enhanced policing successful Lagos.
He besides appreciated Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his continuous assistance and collaboration successful ensuring information crossed the state.
Jimoh reiterated his informing to criminals to enactment retired of Lagos.
“Lagos is not a spot you tin run freely and spell unarrested.
“Any transgression pack that raises its caput present volition beryllium promptly apprehended and look the afloat value of the law,” helium said.
A motorist, who was besides connected the crushed astatine the residence of the syndicate, recounted however the suspects dispossessed him of his vehicle, phones, and different valuables astatine gunpoint earlier the constabulary recovered the stolen car.
The unfortunate said the incidental happened astir 9:15 p.m. connected Sept. 7, erstwhile helium concisely parked to bargain something.
According to him, a antheral abruptly approached, banged connected his car window, and ordered him to unlock the conveyance portion brandishing a pump-action gun.
He said different equipped antheral joined in, and some forced him to surrender his phones, jewellery, and different valuables earlier fleeing successful the car.
The unfortunate said helium managed to flight unhurt aft being ordered to look the wall.
He thanked the command, particularly the Anti-Robbery and Anti-Kidnapping Squad, for promptly investigating the case, recovering his car, and apprehending 1 of the suspects successful Edo.
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