Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command are on the path of some suspected armed robbers who invaded a home within the Onikoko space of the state and robbed some occupants of their belongings.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, stated the suspects had stormed the neighborhood at about 2 am on Monday.
She stated the three suspects, outfitted with regionally made pistols and cutlasses, raided a constructing and disposed of the occupants some gadgets together with cell phones, laptops, Automated Teller Machine playing cards, and a sum of N30,000.
In her phrases, “In keeping with a report dated 28/10/2024 from SUPOL Adigbe, on the evening of October 28 at roughly 2:00 am within the Onikoko space, three armed robbers, outfitted with regionally made weapons and cutlasses, invaded the house of a resident together with three of his neighbours.
“They made off with a number of gadgets, together with eight several types of telephones, a laptop computer, ATM playing cards, and money totalling N30,000. The worth of different stolen gadgets continues to be being assessed.”
She continued that upon receiving the report of the incident, police operatives stormed the realm and sealed off the exit factors into the neighborhood.
A search was stated to have been performed on the neighborhood resulting in the restoration of a bag suspected to have been dumped by the fleeing suspects and containing some displays.
“In response to the incident, the Space Commander led detectives to the crime scene, the place the realm was totally searched.
“A bag was discovered hidden in a bush on the grounds of Saint Louis School Onikoko, which contained one regionally made gun, two cutlasses, some ATM playing cards, SIM playing cards, and three cartridges.
“After receiving the criticism, the Space Commander ordered a direct effort to trace the stolen cellphone. He has additionally sealed off the exit factors after receiving a radio alert regarding a suspected armed theft,” Odutola famous.
PUNCH Metro reported on Friday that the command arrested a suspected member of an armed theft syndicate terrorising the Olomore space of Abeokuta North Native Authorities Space of the state.
The command stated it had arrested the suspected member of the syndicate, Jonah Onah, at their hideout within the Olomore space.
Ofutola had stated that the suspect was arrested following credible intelligence that led to a raid of a prison hideout within the space.