Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners in the state .
The police also recovered arms and ammunition and from the suspects .
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abiodun Alabi, who paraded the suspected gunrunners for allegedly supplying arms to different robbery gangs operating in South-West region ,said they were arrested through devine intervention.
The CP said the arrest of the gunrunners was sequel to a complaint of misplaced luggage by one Aji Augustine, a resident of Ibeju Lekki.
According to the CP the complaint alleged that he went to receive some food items which were sent to him by his mother from Cross River state through a driver.
According to him, the driver of the bus mistakenly gave him (Augustine) a sack that was meant to be delivered to someone else.
“The complaint alleged that when he opened the sack, he discovered seven locally made pistols and not food items as expected”.
Alabi further revealed that the complaint quickly rushed to the nearest police division and handed over the arms to the police.
He said upon the receipt of the items , detectives embarked on diligent investigation that led to the arrest of one Joseph Ashiwobel, who dispatched the sack from Calabar to Lagos.
“During interrogation, he confessed that he had sold many guns to his customers in Lagos and he led operatives to arrest two of his buyers: Rasheed Ogunbade, 39, and Aladeokin Ahmad, 38.
“Also, one locally made gun bought from Joseph Ashiwobel was recovered. Investigation is still ongoing to apprehend other fleeing suspects in order to recover more of the guns he had sold to people in Lagos “.
