Police arrest 47 robbery suspects, 34 cult members
The police boss said four pump action guns, four double barrel guns, 22 locally-made guns and 43 live catridges were also recovered from other robbery suspects during the period.
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![Lagos State Government officials during the arrest of fake enforcement officials in the Cele/Itire area of the state. [Twitter:@Mr_JAGs]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Lagos State Government officials during the arrest of fake enforcement officials in the Cele/Itire area of the state. [Twitter:@Mr_JAGs]")
Parading 25 suspects before newsmen on Friday in Lagos, the police commissioner said the arrested robbery suspects include six Nigerien nationals.
Owoseni said the Nigeriens were arrested at about 2:30am on Jan. 29 in a Datsun Sunny car with registration number AKD 163 DW.
He said they were on their way to a robbery operation in Ebute Metta area of Lagos.
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According to the commissioner, dangerous items recovered from the gang include six cutlasses, one iron cutter and two torchlights.
The police boss said four pump action guns, four double barrel guns, 22 locally-made guns and 43 live cartridges were also recovered from other robbery suspects during the period.
He said that 27 vehicles were recovered while1,028 hoodlums were arrested during raids of black spots during the period.
The police commissioner said 621 motorcycles were impounded while one robbery suspect was killed during gun fire battle with the police.
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