Police arrest 32 suspects for criminal activities in Lagos

<p>Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested 32 suspects allegedly involved in various criminal activities in the last month.</p>, <p>The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this while parading some of the suspects at the state police headquarters in Ikeja on Tuesday.</p>, <p>Hundeyin said the suspects were those allegedly involved in adulteration of products, fabrication of firearms, armed robbery, stealing and cultism, among others.</p>, <p>He said within the period, 25 firearms, including a toy gun, 74 live cartridges, 12 expended cartridges and 12 long pipes were recovered from the suspects.</p>, <p>Hundeyin said other items recovered during the period were two drilling machines, one gas cylinder, one vehicle, fabricated tools, two daggers, one UTC axe, various charms and 251 adulterated wires.</p>, <p>He said that on Sept. 18, at about 2.30 p.m., operatives of the Command arrested a 27-year-old man, who disguised himself as a dispatch rider to vandalise vehicles by removing brain boxes and other parts.</p>, <p>Hundeyin said based on actionable intelligence on Sept. 11, at about 4.00 p.m., a blacksmith factory, that allegedly fabricates firearms for onward sales to criminals around Idata Village of Ibeju-Lekki, was busted and two suspects were arrested.</p>, <p>“The following items were recovered from the factory: three single-barrel locally-made pistols, one double-barrel locally-made gun, one single-barrel locally-made gun, two single-barrel locally-made long gun, ten expended cartridges, twelve long pipes, two drilling machines, one gas cylinder, one vehicle and other fabricated tools,” he said.</p>, <p>Hundeyin also said that the police arrested a wanted suspected cultist and armed robber on Oct. 11, at about 11.45 p.m. at Yaba area, after killing a rival cultist.</p>, <p>He said through the suspect, six others were arrested in Ikorodu area with two locally made single-barrel guns, one double-barrel shotgun, three live cartridges, one dagger and different charms.</p>,