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Police operatives attached to the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, have arrested three members of a criminal syndicate stealing motorcycles across Lagos and Ogun States.
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh disclosed this in a statement issued by the Zone spokesman, DSP Gbenga Afolayan on Wednesday in Lagos.
Jimoh also revealed that five stolen motorcycles were recovered in the operation.
He said that the breakthrough followed an intensive investigation into the activities of a notorious gang specialised in stealing motorcycles within the Sagamu and Ijebu Ode areas of Ogun.
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“The operation was launched after a formal petition dated April 12, was submitted to the zone headquarters concerning the activities of the syndicate.
“Investigations revealed that the gang steals motorcycles in Sagamu and Ijebu Ode, before selling them to buyers in Ogere, Ojodu Berger, Mushin and some other parts of the country.
“Operatives of the Zone 2 ‘Dragon Team’ thereafter commenced surveillance and intelligence gathering to track members of the syndicate and uncover their operational network.
“The operatives laid an ambush around the Sagamu Interchange area on May 19, leading to the arrest of three suspects whose ages are, 26, 29 and 48,” he stated.
The AIG said that preliminary investigations showed that the syndicate and two other suspects currently at large specialised in stealing motorcycles in the early hours of the morning, usually between 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.
“The gang also tow motorcycles from where they are parked, before they forcefully unlock the steering systems and manipulate electrical wires to start the engines, ” he added.
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