…Arrest Fake Expensive Alcohol Merchant After 5 Month Chase
Mobolaji Michael
OPERATIVES of Lagos State-funded Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Monday night arrested a member of a 4-man one-chance gang and recovered their operational Toyota Camry, 1999 model.
The operatives also arrested a suspected dealer of fake expensive spirits in Ikeja after five months of being on the run.
The suspected ”one chance’ gang member, James Aniyah, 48 years old, was arrested around 8:00 p.m. near MKO Abiola Garden, Ojota while holding in their car a female victim the gang abducted at Allen Roundabout, Ikeja, Lagos.
The victim, a lady, was tricked into the gang’s vehicle around 7:00 p.m. on Monday on the pretext that the vehicle was heading to Mowe-Ibafo.
The gang thereafter told the victim to cooperate while they tried to collect her phone and belongings. 
The suspected 4-man gang was changing their vehicle’s flat tyre when RRS operatives on patrol stopped to check out what was going on.
Three members of the gang fled while a member was arrested and rescued the victim, who the gang members had severely tortured to subdue her into releasing her mobile phones and other details.
The suspected fake expensive alcohol merchant, Nworie Benjamin, 40 years old, was first sighted in September 2024, with cartons of empty bottles of precious alcohol in Maryland, Lagos.
The suspects fled the scene, abandoning the exhibits. Several efforts to bring him in for questioning proved abortive until Monday night when a lead yielded fruits leading to the arrest of the suspect.
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Several exhibits of expensive wines were recovered from the suspect’s shop in Ikeja.
The two suspects along with exhibits have been transferred to the Lagos State Command, Ikeja and SCID, Panti for further investigations.
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