the officials of the rapid response squad (RRS), a tactical team from the Lagos Police Command, on Sunday, intercepted a bus full of illicit drugs at Mile 2.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesman in the state, said in a statement that the “shipment” worth N10 million belongs to an ‘Alhaji’.
“Preliminary investigations reveal that the drug that was loaded onto a Lagos color LT bus, with license plate AGL 205 YD, belonged to a certain Alhaji, better known as General en Mushin,” the statement read.
“A member of the drug syndicate confessed that they picked up the shipment, which has a street value of approximately ten million naira (10,000,000.00), in Alaba Rago at around 10pm yesterday to send it to Mushin.
Police said patrolling security officers caught the suspects around 4 a.m. during a routine stop-and-frisk exercise.
Hundeyin said a drug syndicate member, Oluwole Omojuyitan, 40, who had initially fled the scene on a bicycle, was arrested by officers after he returned in an attempt to bribe officers with N500,000 to release drugs and colleagues.
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“Other arrested members of the gang include Ojukwu Omanogho, 36, and Hope Jumbo, 40,” Hundeyin said.
He said Police Commissioner Abiodun Alabi has ordered the suspects and exhibits to be transferred to the command headquarters for further investigation.