Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a robbery syndicate who were on their way to carry out a robbery operation.
The spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest on Friday of the suspects in a statement.
Oyeyemi said they were arrested on June 8, 2022.
He gave their details as 27-year-old Ibiyemi Wasiri, aka Fellow; 20-year-old Alabi Ojugbele; and 18-year-old Obe Lekan.
He said they were arrested at Orita area of Ilaro during the joint routine patrol carried out by operatives of the Ilaro Area Command and Ilaro Divisional Headquarters.
The suspects, who were on a Bajaj motorcycle with defaced number plate, jumped down from the motorcycle when they sighted the policemen and ran in different directions.
They were hotly chased by the policemen and arrested.
A search was conducted on them and one locally made pistol, four live cartridges and assorted criminal charms were recovered from them.
On interrogation, Wasiri informed the police that he was an ex-convict and that he still has a pending case of unlawful possession of firearm in a Magistrate Court.
The suspects all confessed that they were going for a robbery operation before they were arrested by the policemen.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.