Lagos Task Force Arrest 85 Hoodlums | Impound 130 Motorcycles | Recover Gun

Lagos State Task force on Environmental and Special Offenses (Enforcement) Unit, on Wednesday, arrested at least, 85 suspected miscreants at different locations of the state in the ongoing flushing exercise of criminal hideouts.
The combined team of task force and the police also impounded 130 motorcycles popularly called “Okada” for violation of various traffic laws of the state in a renewed massive onslaught against the commercial operators. There was a shocking discovery of a gun in one of the seized motorcycles at Elere Police Station, Agege area. The police however, refused to give more details about the discovery for security purposes, saying, manhunt has begun for the owner of the bike.

The miscreants, who are currently been detained pending trial in the magistrate court were arrested in areas such as; Oshodi, Ojota, Isolo, Ilasamaja and Cele on early in the week and brought to the task force headquarters in Alausa on a Black Maria.

Those arrested included 14 under-aged children. The children will be taken to one of the Lagos State Correctional Centers for Boys for correction.

Culled from VANGUARD