By Evelyn Usman
Police detectives attached to Itire division in Lagos State are on the trail of a gang of armed robbers who snatched a Mercedes Benz jeep from a male owner on Olagbaiye Street, Ilasamaja, weekend.

Vanguard gathered that the fleeing armed robbers abandoned the Mercedes Jeep with number plate KM 05 AAB after the Police at Itire who received a distress call around 11.45 p.m on Saturday, swooped on them.

It was learnt that an AK47 magazine with 26 live ammunition was recovered from the abandoned Jeep while efforts are on to track down the fleeing dare-devils.

The Lagos State Police spokesman, Superintendent of Police Frank Mba who confirmed the incidence assured that the fleeing robbers must be rounded up and called on members of the public to give the police useful information that would help in tracking down criminals in their midst.