Lagos State Police command has arrested 720 suspects with various weapons and substances suspected to be Indian hemp and cocaine.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement, saying the State Police re-launched its anti-crime strategies to curb crime and criminality across the state.
He explained that the command on Sunday 15th November 2020, at about 7 am, carried out raids simultaneously on identified black spots, reasonably believed to be harbouring criminals and hoodlums, across the fourteen (14) Area Commands in Lagos State.
“In the swift operations, police operatives of the command arrested seven hundred and twenty (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 spokesman said the State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, who matched his words with actions, 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.
The Commissioner 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 violence to come up for claims of their items with proof 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.
