The operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce) over the weekend nabbed a suspected notorious criminal over alleged robbery and pick-pocketing in Lagos.
The Chairman of the agency Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Olayinka Egbeyemi, disclosed that the suspect was caught while ‘on duty’ on top of ‘Costain Bridge’ around Surulere area by the ‘Enforcement and Monitoring’ patrol team of the Agency.
CSP Egbeyemi disclosed further that preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect was a ring leader of a four-man criminal gang who specialises in picking pockets and robbing members of the public of their valuables such as phones, wallets and jewellery with the use of a commercial bus at different parts of the state. Read more