The Police raid on uncompleted buildings and shanties in the Ajah area of Lagos has led to the recovery of five rifles.
The riffles were believed to be kept by the hoodlums who were planning to launch an attack on the residents.
Also, eleven members of a gang of notorious robbers were arrested in different hideouts at Elemoro area of Ajah.
A police source claimed that the rifles were abandoned by suspected robbers who were fleeing from detectives from Area J Command.
The arms which were later recovered by a team of policemen from the command have all been handed over to ballistic experts at the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID) Panti Yaba for forensic analysis.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti, said that the recovery was made by operatives of the Command’s Taskforce on the recovery of illegal and prohibited firearms, attached to Area J Command Headquarters, Ajah.
Oti said that the team while on targeted raids of uncompleted, unoccupied houses and plots of land, at Road 1, Block 1, Plot 7, Victory Park Estate, Osapa London, Ilasan, recovered five rifles inside an unoccupied shanty within the aforesaid plot of land on November 9, 2018.
He said that the guns recovered comprise of three European made pump action rifles numbers L926547, R268751, and P987707 respectively, one locally made double barrel rifle and one locally made single barrel rifle.
According to him, the Commissioner of Police ( CP ) Imohimi Edgal has directed the ballistic arm of the SCIID Panti Yaba to commence an investigation into the case.
“The CP has assured that the ember months will remain peaceful in Lagos as the Command will continue to carry out intelligence and purpose-driven raids on all identified criminal spots in the state.
“The CP added that the Command will continue to enforce the Inspector -General of Police directive on mopping up of illegal and prohibited firearms; warning that anybody found in possession of such weapons will be diligently prosecuted,” he said.
Oti said similarly, at Elemoro, eleven armed robbery suspects were arrested at their hideout.
He said upon searching the criminal’s den, detectives recovered one berretta pistol and two locally made pistol.
