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It was a harvest of arrests yesterday, as Lagos State Police Command paraded 80 suspects, among who were four suspected Badoo cult members that allegedly murdered two pastors in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, Daily Sun reports.

Also paraded were drug dealers from who the police allegedly recovered cocaine with a street value of N270 million.

Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, who paraded the suspects said: “Four suspected Badoo members were arrested for murder. Also, 29 suspected armed robbers, 12 notorious cultists, and three suspected kidnappers were arrested within two weeks. Forty arms and assorted ammunition were recovered from the hoodlums.



“You recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, during his last visit to Kano State, gave a directive that security agencies should crack down on illicit drug dealers. In view of this directive, the command mobilised its covert operatives to sniff out those who bring these illicit drugs into the country. Our efforts paid off on December 8, based on credible intelligence gathered, that 1 x 20 feet container had some baggage of powdery substance suspected to be hard drugs.



“A letter with number CR:3000/LS/VolT was sent to the Forensic Science laboratory centre of Force CIID, Alagbon requesting for a laboratory analysis of the substance. Preliminary test of the substance confirmed....click here to see photos and read full gist