Police arrests two gunrunners, recover 9 riffles, ammunition on protest day

The Lagos State Command has confirmed the arrest of two members of a gunrunning syndicate with nine automatic rifles, three walkie talkie, nine international passports and several rounds of ammunition in the Mushin area of the state.

The suspects, Sherrif Mustapha, 42 and Suturat Lateef, 28, were arrested by detectives attached to the Commissioner of Police tactical unit based in Surulere around 2 am on Thursday.

While two members of the gang, a man and a young lady were nabbed a third member of the gang bolted away on sighting the police team.

The arrest is coming few hours after police officers detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that was dumped close to the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A.

Daily Trust reports that there was bomb scare in Lagos on Thursday.

Meanwhile, those arrested are currently being quizzed at the command Headquarters, Ikeja by a team of detectives led by the state Commissioner of Adegoke Fayoade, himself.

Items recovered from the gang include two AK 47 rifles, one K2 assault rifle, one red rufer rifle, three pump action rifles, two locally made single barrel pistols, five magazines, 57 live cartridges, 70, 5.56 live ammunition, 27 9mm ammunition, one expended 5.56 ammunition, one dagger, three walkie talkies and nine international passports.

Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest and the recovery of arms and ammunition.