RRS recovers stolen items from fleeing armed robbers

Operatives of Lagos state Rapid Response Squad has recovered several items stolen by fleeing armed robbers in Alagbado area.

It was gathered that the robbers, who were heading into Lagos around 2:20am from Abeokuta, were stopped by the RRS officials on patrol at Audra bus stop, Alagbado, before fleeing in different directions

Preliminary investigation revealed that they were coming from Abeokuta where they engaged in a house – to – house robbery. It was discovered that they collected the vehicle of one of their victims to convey their loot from the scenes.

The officers recovered the following items: a Toyota Highlander, a locally made cut to size double barrel gun with three live cartridges, a dog (American Eskimo breed) and jewelry.

Also found in the vehicle with the registration number AGL 276 AQ, were: two HP laptops, one NEC laptop, one LG TV, one iphone 12 Pro max, one Elepac generator, two kitchen knives.

The vehicle was brought to RRS headquarters in Ikeja, where the Commander, RRS, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi directed the Decoy team of the squad to commence investigation into the case with a view to unravelling the owner of the vehicle and the suspects.

The owner of the vehicle has been contacted in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Police are presently gathering more information that would assist in the arrest of the fleeing suspects.