Police said a total of 720 hoodlums were arrested as the force raid black spot in Lagos.
Lagos state police spokesperson, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclose this in a statement on Sunday at the police command in Lagos.
He said the suspect were arrested as the police carried out ‘raids’ on Sunday and arrested the suspects in 14 area commands.
According the statement, Weapons, charms, and harmful substances were also recovered from the suspects, during the raid.
“The command today, Sunday 15th November 2020, at about 7am, carried out raids simultaneously on identified black spots, reasonably believed to be harbouring criminals and hoodlums, across the fourteen (14) Area Commands in Lagos State.
“In the swift operations, police operatives of the command arrested seven hundred and twenty (720) suspects with incriminating items including locally-made guns and life cartridges, charms, weed suspected to be Indian hemp, substances suspected to be cocaine, and some items suspected to have been looted from various shopping outlets within the state during the recent Endsars violence,” the police said.
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