RRS SMASHES IN-TRAFFIC ROBBERY SYNDICATE, ARRESTS 12 SUSPECTS

As part of its continued offensive operation against In-traffic robbery in Lagos state, the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos Police command , has picked-up no fewer than 12 suspects said to be members of grid-lock traffic robbery syndicate at Mile 2 and Ijora areas in the state.

The operatives from the RRS responded to the tip-off from the motorists plying the roads whom have been victims of this criminal act on many occasions.
The policemen bursted into the two areas within the metropolis between the hours of 22:00 and 23: 00 on August 21th, 2015, to apprehend the suspects, and  wraps of india-hemp were recovered from them
The Police investigation revealed that some group of social miscreants are in the habit of robbing, snatching handsets and dispossessing law abiding citizens of their valuables during the traffic jam along Mile 2 and Ijora respectively in the metropolis.
" The suspects do attack their victims by breaking the vehicles' windscreens in traffic. By so doing, their victims will be left with no option than to surrender their belongings to them while under duress", the Police investigation noted.
On arrival at Task office, Alausa four (4) suspects who could give satisfactory account of themselves were released", the Police said.
Meanwhile, the remaining eight  (8) suspects have been charged to court immediately.
The RRS Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Olatunji Disu, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, promised that any act of crime will not be tolerated in Lagos state and its environs.
"Following the incessant complaints from members of public on regular in-traffic robbery along these axis, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni, ordered that immediate and drastic actions must be taking in arresting the situation which has started yielding positive results", the Commander said.
ACP Olatunji Disu recalled that the RRS operatives in recent time had arrested a Terrorist  whose gang had been terrorising motorists in traffic at Mile 2.
" When we arrested him some weeks ago,  he confessed that he was not the only one in the act, he said that they used to snatch people's bags and collect phones during peak traffic hours. This current arrest we made, showed that those arrested suspects are his colleagues in-traffic robbery syndicate", he added.
He further appealed to the general public to cooperate with the Police in order to reduce this act of crime and its related offences to the  bearable level in the metropolis.
" The citizens should cultivate the habit of informing the Police on useful and timely information. We guarantee informants that he or she identity won't be revealed for fear of reprisal", he promised.
ACP Olatunji Disu reiterated that campaign to free Lagos from any act of crime by the Police is in tandem with the commitment of the state Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, in ensuring lives and properties are secured in the state.