RRS Nabs Abeokuta Robbery Suspects, Recovers Items

Policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), a Lagos special anti crime outfit, early Friday morning, March 25, 2022, recovered a Toyota Highlander Jeep at Adura bus stop in Alagbado

The jeep was believed to have been snatched in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Recovered in the vehicle were a locally made, cut-to-size double barrel gun with three live cartridges, a dog (American Eskimo breed) and jewelry.

Also found in the vehicle with the registration number AGL 276 AQ were: two HP laptops, one NEC laptop, one LG TV, one iphone 12 Pro max, one Elepac generator and two kitchen knives.

The robbers were said to be heading for Lagos at about 2:20 am from Abeokuta when they were accosted by the RRS operatives on patrol at Adura Bus Stop, Alagbado.

The four occupants had to abandon the vehicle and flee in different directions. 

RSS preliminary investigations revealed that the armed robbers were coming from Abeokuta, where they engaged in a house to house robbery. 

The report also revealed that they collected the vehicle from of one of their victims, to convey their loot from the scenes.

"The vehicle was brought to RRS headquarters in Ikeja, where the Commander, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, directed the Decoy team of the squad to commence investigation into the case with a view to unravelling the owner of the vehicle and the suspects."

The owner of the vehicle, it was gathered, has been contacted in Abeokuta while efforts are on top gear by the operatives to nab the fleeing suspects.