The Oyo State Police Command has recovered 10,000 live cartridges used by single and double barrel guns, pump-action guns and pistols, from illegal arms merchants allegedly supplying the ammunition to different armed robbery syndicates. The four persons arrested in connection with the crime were paraded by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Shina Olukolu, in Ibadan, the capital of the state, on Thursday.
According to Olukolu, the illegal ammunition merchants were arrested on July 23, at about 2 pm at Oke-Bola area of Ibadan by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
He said:
“Information received at SARS office in Ibadan revealed that some notorious hoodlums, who specialize in supplying arms and ammunition to different armed robbery syndicates that have been terrorizing members of the public within and outside Ibadan metropolis and other parts of Oyo State were sighted in their hideout at Oke-Bola area of Ibadan.
“Sequel to this information, a team of operatives of SARS swung into action and in the process, four of the hoodlums, who later identified themselves as Abimbola, Kojo, Ariyo, and Adebayo, were arrested in their hideout.
“Ten thousand pieces of live cartridges, an unregistered Toyota Sienna LE minibus and a Toyota Camry with registration number Lagos GGE 979 FT were also recovered from the hoodlums. The investigation is in progress.”
