Olusosun Dumpsite: Police Arrest 80, Recover Toy Gun, Weapons From Site
Lagos State Police command on Tuesday said they have arrested over 80 miscreants, recovered a toy gun, six butchers’ knives, 21 kitchen knives, nine hammers, substances suspected to be cannabis and other dangerous weapons from Olusosun Dumpsite squatters.
The police team, comprising of officers drawn from Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Taskforce, Counter Terrorism Unit, Alausa Police Station and other police formations, stormed the dumpsite early today to eject the squatters who had already built shades, where they dwell.
It was learnt that the miscreants in a bid to resist police arrest, set fire on the dump to discard the operatives from carrying out the clearing of the site as directed by the State Government but couldn’t do much before they were arrested.
Recovered from the shades built by the squatters were a toy gun, 23 pieces of fake US dollars, three cutlasses, 21 kitchen knives, six butchers’ knives, nine hammers, five reflective jackets, substances suspected to be cannabis, charms among others.
It would be recalled that weeks ago, there was a rapid fire outbreak at the dump site which lasted for days and causing a lot of health hazards to Lagosians living within the vicinity.
It was gathered that the fire was caused by the miscreants occupying the dumpsite illegally compelling the state government to order a close down of the dumpsite to forestall any further environmental disaster.
