According to the Lagos State Police Command, 62 suspected armed robbers and 60 alleged killers have been apprehended across the state.
104 suspected cultists were also apprehended, as were 12 alleged rapists, and 16 armed robbers were foiled.
According to the report, the suspects were detained between January 24 and March 1 as a result of preventive initiatives and reenergized security architecture.
CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesman, provided these figures during a briefing conducted Monday afternoon at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja.
According to Ajisebutu, 50 of the 62 robbery suspects and 98 cultists have been charged.
He said 15 stolen vehicles, 27 arms, 83 ammunition and 10 other dangerous weapons were recovered through painstaking and coordinated investigations carried out by crack detectives.
“The command has been unrelenting in its efforts to curb the excesses of reckless drivers in the state and as such different operations either separately or jointly carried out by the command’s operations department, taskforce, area commands and divisions resulting in the arrest of 19 drivers for driving against traffic.