The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Umar Manko, revealed on Friday
that the command has arrested three persons, including a retired naval
officer, for allegedly possessing 8,450 live cartridges.
Parading
the suspects at the Police Headquarters, Ikeja, Manko said that the
ammunition was smuggled through Seme, a border town in Lagos.
He said that the ammunition was intercepted by police officers from the Trade Fair Police Division on stop and search patrol.
“The
police intercepted one white Volkswagen bus with registration number XT
537 LSD, loaded from Seme Boarder en route Balogun Market at Trade Fair
Complex, Lagos,” he said. “Based on suspicion, the said vehicle was
brought to the station and a search was conducted.
26 cartons of
live cartridges concealed in T-shirts bags out of 28 bags found in the
said vehicle were recovered. A Navy Warrant Officer’s uniform, a bag of
beans, ID card, beret and shoes were also recovered inside the vehicle.”
The
police boss said that investigation into the case had taken his
officers to Onitsha, Anambra State, where one of the owners of the
consignment was arrested.
Manko said that the suspect attempted
to bribe the officers with the sum of N61, 200 before he was arrested
and brought to Lagos.
He assured that effort would be intensified to arrest the three fleeing suspects
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Friday, July 13, 2012
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