{"id":111438,"date":"2024-04-18T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=111438"},"modified":"2024-04-18T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T13:41:23","slug":"lagos-police-arrest-driver-with-pistols-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/lagos-police-arrest-driver-with-pistols-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos Police Arrest Driver With Pistols, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Policemen attached to the Maroko Division of the Lagos State Police Command, in the early hours of Thursday, arrested a driver, Azeez Babatunde, and recovered weapons from his minibus.<\/p>\n<p>The command&#8217;s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, &#8220;At about 5am, anti-crime patrol officers from Maroko Division noticed a minibus do a quick u-turn upon sighting them on Hakeem Dickson Street. 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