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Lagos arrests 277 pickpockets, street urchins

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Lagos arrests 277 pickpockets, street urchins

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 277 suspects, including pickpockets and hoodlums, during a week-long crackdown on criminal hideouts and environmental infractions across the state

The arrests were part of a targeted operation aimed at reinforcing public safety and curbing criminal activities in key trouble spots, according to a statement released on Sunday by the Task Force Director of Public Affairs, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem.

The statement revealed that the exercise was coordinated by the Chairman of the agency, CSP Adetayo Akerele, and began in the early hours of each day, around 1:30 a.m., based on intelligence reports and complaints from residents.

“Key locations covered included Victoria Island, Osborne Road, Coastal Road, Chevron, First and Second Roundabout, Obalende, Ikota, Lekki Phase 1 and 2, Ikoyi, Falomo Bridge, Law School, Eko Hotel axis, Oniru Beach, as well as Ketu, Isale Oja, AP Roundabout, and railway corridors in Agege on the mainland,” the statement read.

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