The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two robbery suspects whose gang invaded and attacked guests at a hotel in the Alagbado area of the state.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Tuesday.
Hundeyin said while the Agbado Police Division operatives were on residential patrol on Monday at about 12.30 a.m., as earlier directed by Area P Commander, they got a distress call on the robbery operation.
According to him, the distress call reported that there was an ongoing robbery operation at a hotel in the Alagbado area.
The image maker said the operatives immediately moved to the scene to engage the hoodlums.
“Subsequently, two of the robbery suspects were arrested while others escaped. Four locally-made guns, one Toyota Corolla car, one Toyota Camry car, five live cartridges, and four expanded cartridges were recovered from the robbers.
“Other items recovered were two Nokia phones, one Itel phone, one Tecno phone, one jack knife, six ATM cards, three wristwatches, three female handbags, and cash of N50,000.
“The suspected robbers, numbering about nine, had shot and injured two lodgers at the hotel before the police arrived,” he said.
The spokesperson said a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspected robbers were nine in number, who came to terrorize the area from the Agbara area of the state.
Hundeyin said the injured victims were taken to the hospital and were currently receiving treatment.
He said while the investigation was ongoing, there were efforts to arrest other members of the gang.
