The police in Lagos have arrested two armed robbery suspects, who claimed to be dispatch riders and a man producing their locally-made gun for operations.

A reliable source told the Newsmen that the suspects were arrested in a rented Uber car at about 9.30 p.m on Thursday by the Anthony police division.

The arrests of the suspects, Sule Karimu and Joseph Celestine took place during a stop-and-search operation led by the Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent of Police Patricia Amadin.

Newsmen gathered that the vehicle was stopped in front of a commercial bank on Anthony village road.
The source said that the driver, acting ignorantly to the instructions of the suspects, who were with a gun, attempted to escape but was forced to stop at gunpoint by the officers.

Newsmen gathered that all the occupants of the car were asked to come out for a search, where the arm and ammunition were discovered under the seat of the car.

Newsmen learned that their arms manufacturer was later arrested at the Obalende area after the suspects confessed to the police that they worked in the same company as dispatch riders and hailed from Kogi.

Contacted, the Lagos police spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the arrests, stressing that the case had been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad for further investigation.

“Policemen from Anthony Village Police Division, on routine patrolled by the DPO, SP Patricia Amadin, intercepted a wine coloured Toyota Corolla car with Registration Number: KSF 257 FQ, occupied by three suspicious and uneasy looking adult males.

“Upon searching the vehicle, a locally-made pistol with a single live cartridge was recovered under the car seat.

“All three occupants arrested and the vehicle recovered were taken to the station for investigation,” Elkana said.

 

 

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