When the suspect saw that the police team had stopped the vehicle for a routine check, he jumped down and took to his heels, the police said.
According to a statement by Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson, the suspect was in possession of two locally-made pistols and five live cartridges.
“Efforts of the Lagos State Police Command to rid the State of criminal elements through constant proactive and visibility policing yielded yet another result recently when an armed robbery suspect was arrested with two locally-made pistols and five live cartridges concealed in a bag,” Mr Ajidebutu, a chief superintendent of police, said.
“The male suspect, Sunday Akpa, 24, was arrested in Iba area of the State by eagle-eyed anti-crime patrol team of the Iba Police Division at about 1730hrs of 13th August, 2021,” the statement reads. Mr Ajisebutu said the suspect belongs to a “notorious dare-devil armed robbery gang suspected to be responsible for the spate of traffic robbery and sundry criminal activities in Festac, Mile 2, Ojo, Alaba, and Iba areas of the State.”
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