The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 26 in connection with murder, defilement, armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms, illicit drugs and others in the last two weeks.

The command also recovered four firearms, 21 live ammunition, six vehicles, one cutlass, phones, money and illicit drugs.

According to the Command, its operatives on March 12, received calls that a group of hoodlums usually dispossess passers-by of their valuables, along Alaba-Oro, Amukoko, under the pretence of street fighting and would later go into hiding.

The Command immediately commenced discreet investigation to locate their criminal hideout on receipt of the information.

Consequently, 19-year-old Rasaki Ibrahim, ‘m’, a.k.a Ekute and 28-year-old Okikiola Kazeem, were arrested.

One cutlass, a small bag containing weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and some hard drugs were recovered from them.

Spokesperson for the Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspects would be arraigned in court accordingly.

He said: “On February 25, detectives of the State Criminal and Investigation Department (SCID) Panti began discreet investigation based on report received about the activities of a syndicate which specialised in robbing victims of their valuables such as money.