Four suspects who specialised in supplying of arms and ammunition to armed robbery gangs causing mayhem have been arrested on Thursday by the Oyo State Police Command.
This was disclosed to newsmen by the commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.
Olukolu said the suspects were arrested in their hideouts with 10,000 live cartridges on July 23 at 2.00 a.m., at Oke-Bola area of Ibadan.
He noted that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command received information about the activities of the syndicates and swung into action, leading to the arrest of the suspects.
According to him, the suspects concealed the cartridges in an unregistered Toyota Sienna bus and a Toyota Camry car with registration number Lagos GGE 979 FT.
