Lagos State Police recently raided and arrested over 80 miscreants, recovered a toy gun, 6 butchers’ knives, 21 kitchen knives, 9 hammers, substances suspected to be cannabis and other dangerous weapons from Olusosun Dumpsite squatters.
The police team, comprising officers drawn from Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Task Force, 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.
The miscreants, in a bid to resist police arrest, set fire on the dumpsite to dissude 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, 3 cutlasses, 21 kitchen knives, 6 butchers’ knives, 9 hammers, 5 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 dumpsite which lasted for days and causing a lot of health hazards to Lagosians living within the vicinity.
Investigations during the period revealed that the fire was caused by the miscreants occupying the dumpsite illegally and as a result, the State Government ordered a close down to forestall any further environmental disaster. But rather than heed the advice, these people continued to live there. Thus, necessitating today’s raid and arrest.