Lagos Police at the weekend stormed criminal hideouts in Mushin and arrested three kingpins and seven others just as it impounded 29 motorcycles.
The raid was part of onslaught against criminals and lawlessness in the State.
The three kingpins and the seven suspects, whose identity were still being kept under wraps as a result of continuing investigation, were picked up in separate locations in Mushin on Saturday evening.
The arrest, which was led by the Commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, was a follow-up to an earlier discrete investigations by the squad’s Decoy Team to Eko Boys High School, Showunmii Street and Itire Road, all in Mushin.
The suspects who were screened by CSP Egbeyemi had made a series of confessional statements, which the police were currently working on.
The operation was in keeping with the commitment of the Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, that there won’t be respite for perpetrators of crime in Lagos State.
The impoundment of 29 motorcycles on Friday evening was to reduce the reported incidences of traffic robbery and enforcement of the restriction order of the State Government on the corridor for motorcyclists.
The motorcycles were impounded on BRT lane in Ikeja along and Ile Zik as well as Allen Junction, which were restricted routes for motorcycles.
CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi stated that those who flouted the laws of the state would be made to face the full wrath of it.
He disclosed that the enforcement of the restriction of motorcyclists would continue while stating that robbery in notorious spots on the corridor would reduce as soon as the mode of escape for robbers in the area was taken away.
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