Police recover guns from fleeing suspected robbers in Lagos
July 24, 2022
Officers of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have recovered two guns and one cartridge from fleeing suspected robbers at Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State.
In a statement on Sunday, the Commander, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi, said that the Command, acting on credible intelligence, directed one of the squad’s tactical teams to patrol the area to forestall criminal activities in the environment.
“The directive was premised on the sighting of nocturnal movement of some strange faces in the area.
“The team had during patrol of the area around 2:00 a.m heard sounds of gun shots and raced to the scene.
“The suspects on sighting the team, dropped an object and fled the scene.
“On combing the area, the policemen recovered two locally made shot guns and one live cartridge near the point the men were spotted.”
Egbeyemi said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alabi, had ordered thorough investigation to fish out the suspects.
“Alabi assured Lagosians that no stone will be left unturned as the command intensifies efforts at arresting crime rate across the state,” he said.(NAN)