{"id":1721,"date":"2026-10-27T11:47:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/police-arrest-suspected-arms-courier-in-lagos\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T11:47:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T11:47:56","slug":"police-arrest-suspected-arms-courier-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/police-arrest-suspected-arms-courier-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest suspected arms courier in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"69.528418683174\">\n<p>The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Lukman Sanni, suspected of conveying illegal firearms during a stop-and-search operation at Iyana Isashi, Lagos State.\n<\/p>\n<p>The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi.\n<\/p>\n<p>Adebisi said the arrest was part of the command\u2019s efforts to combat illegal possession and trafficking of firearms, as well as other criminal activities across the state.\n<\/p>\n<p>The police said a search conducted on Sanni led to the recovery of a locally made pistol, two live cartridges and a suspected charm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreliminary investigations are ongoing to establish the circumstances surrounding the possession and intended delivery of the recovered firearm and ammunition. <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-also\">\n<header>Related News<\/header>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe suspect is currently in custody and is providing useful information to aid the investigation,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Tijani Fatai, reiterated the command\u2019s commitment to tackling illegal firearms possession, arms trafficking, cultism and other criminal activities across the state.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner also urged residents to remain vigilant and promptly report suspicious activities to the police.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCredible information from the public remains vital to maintaining peace and security,\u201d the statement read.\n<\/p>\n<p>The command provided emergency lines for residents to report suspicious activities and emergencies: 07061019374, 08065154338, 08063299264, 08039344870, 08080193432 (Marine) and 09168630929.\n                    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"14.852589641434\">\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#b5c1ddd0d0d1dcc1dac7f5c5c0dbd6dddbd29bd6dad8\"> <span class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"67130f0202030e13081527171209040f09004904080a\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/span> <\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Punch Newspapers &#8211; Latest News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Lukman Sanni, suspected of conveying illegal firearms during a stop-and-search operation at Iyana Isashi, Lagos State. The command disclosed this&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}