The Lagos State Task Force has arrested 28 miscreants and 15 illegal street traders at various locations around Alausa and the African Shrine vicinity.
The Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed this in a statement by the agency’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Mr Adebayo Taofiq on Sunday in Lagos
“The enforcement operations became imperative following complaints from members of the public about the criminal activities of miscreants and environmental nuisance of illegal street traders around the Shrine,” he said. “These consumable and non-consumable items are freely sold on the streets in defiance of security agencies and government authority,” he said.
One of the arrested miscreants, Mr Tunde Babalola, who was caught with a bag of substance suspected to be Indian hemp, confirmed that he had been selling hard drugs for eight years.
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