Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected vandals in the Tom Jones area of the state and recovered a minibus, two carts and bridge railings from them.
The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement he issued on Tuesday in Lagos.
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The Superintendent of Police said the suspects were arrested at 2:45pm on Saturday during RRS operatives’ routine patrol of the area.
Hundeyin said: “The suspects fled and abandoned a Suzuki mini bus popularly called ‘Korope’ with registration number BDG 315 YA upon sighting the police.
“Also left behind by the suspected vandals were two carts, bars of aluminium railings suspected to have been cut from the Third Mainland Bridge, a hammer and a hand saw.”
According to the image maker, the arrests come on the heels of other recent and similar ones made by the Chief Superintendent of Police Olayinka Egbeyemi-led RRS operatives.
Hundeyin said the suspects had been charged to court.