Three suspects have been arrested in connection with robbery in traffic by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos.
The suspects said to be arrested on January 19, 2020, at Ipaja area of Lagos State are 19 years old Hassan Lekan, 18 years old Owolabi Seyi and 19 years old Ismaila Ibrahim.
The robbery suspects are said to be specialists in snatching hand bags, phones and money from unsuspecting members of the public.
They were said to be mostly operating between 04:00 a.m. and 07:00 a.m.
Items recovered from them include phones and bags they were said to have snatched from three different victims.
The suspects were said to have been charged to court.
The spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, DSP Bala Elkana who made disclosure also said operatives from Ipaja division arrested two notorious suspects who specialised in car snatching and stealing vehicles from parking spaces mostly in worship centres.
“The suspects are Bamidele Adebayo ‘m’ and Hakeem Taofik ‘m’.
“On 19/1/2020 at about 1300hours, the suspects stole a Toyota Corolla saloon car at a church in Shagari Estate Ipaja and moved the vehicle to Ijagba Village in Sango Ota, Ogun State.
“Detectives from Ipaja Police Station recovered the vehicle at about 1600hrs of the same date from the suspects.
“The suspects were also charged to court,” Bala said.
