Lagos Police Arrests Gang Notorious For Stealing And Dismantling Cars For Spare Parts Sales

Four Lagos robbers caught while dismantling stolen Toyota Camry snatched at gunpoint at Surulere, Lagos.

Police said that the gang specializes in stealing and dismantling stolen vehicles for spare parts sales.

Parts of cars suspected to have been dismantled and sold as spare parts were also recovered at the scene.

Police operatives attached to Ijora Badia Division in Lagos have arrested four members of a syndicate that specializes in stealing vehicles at gunpoint and dismantling them for onward sales as spare parts.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement posted to Twitter on Wednesday, said the suspects were arrested while dismantling a Toyota Camry that was snatched at gunpoint last month in Surulere, Lagos.

Benjamin Hundeyin also revealed that parts of cars suspected to have been dismantled and sold as spare parts were also recovered at the scene.

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He said :

“Operatives of the Ijora Badia division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects who specialised in stealing vehicles and dismantling them for onward sales as spare parts.

“The suspects, Alafia Afiwajuomo, Ganiyu Tajudeen, Olamilekan Hassan and Lucky Esomojumi, were arrested at Igamu under bridge following a painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering that was launched when information was received on September 29, 2022, that a Toyota Camry was snatched at gunpoint from one Sandra (surname withheld) at Iganmu in Surulere, Lagos.

“The car was in the process of being dismantled before it was recovered by the police. Parts of cars suspected to have been dismantled and sold as spare parts were also recovered at the scene. The suspects have been charged to court.”

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