Lagos: Police arrest 3 suspected vandals, recover bus, other items

<p>Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Police Command in Lagos State, have arrested three suspected vandals in the Tom Jones area of the state, and recovered a minibus, two carts and bridge railings</p>, <p>The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos.</p>, <p>He said that the suspects were arrested at 2:45 p.m. on Saturday during RRS operatives’ routine patrol of the area.</p>, <p>“The suspects fled and abandoned a Suzuki minibus popularly called ‘Korope’ with registration number BDG 315 YA upon sighting the police.</p>, <p>“Also left behind by the suspected vandals were two carts, bars of aluminium railings suspected to have been cut from the Third Mainland Bridge, a hammer and a hand saw,” he said.</p>, <p>According to the image maker, the arrests come on the heels of other recent and similar ones made by the CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi-led RRS operatives.</p>, <p>He said that the suspects had been charged to court.</p>