AT the homicide section of the dreaded State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, Lucky Agofure, an Edo-state born hotelier looked resignedly remorseful. He stared directly at this reporter’s eyes and said, “If I had known, I would have paid Princewill the N1,000 debt that has now led to his death. Now, look at what it has put me into”.

THE craze for the collection of N20 at illegal check points by overzealous policemen has caused the untimely death of a 26- year-old promising Dayo Adeola in Akure, the Ondo State capital.

It is no longer news that sometimes , truck drivers , particularly those conveying goods from the Apapa or Tin-can Island ports, are usually attacked by robbers and the goods diverted elsewhere and sold at give -away prices.

Chris Olakpe is the Commissioner of Police in-charge of Anti-bomb Disposal Unit. In this interview with Crime Alert, he spoke about his new assignment, series of bomb blasts in the country, the challenges and sundry issues.

The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State, Baba Adisa Bolanta last week celebrated what was tagged, ‘harvest of arrests of criminals’ in the State when he paraded no fewer than 36 suspected criminals arrested at different locations. During the arrests, the command also recovered assorted guns, arms and ammunitions.

Just when families of passengers of an east- bound luxury bus which was on its way to Lagos are smarting from th irreparable loss of their loved ones occasioned by a robbery attack which left many dead and scores critically injured , the matter raised its ugly head again , with claims and counter- claims on when and how it all happened.

The National Council of Managing Directors And Licensed Customs Agents of Nigeria (NCMLCA), has mapped out strategies aimed at creating a constant liaison with security agencies in the country with a view to ensuring that the nation’s gateways are tightly closed to arms dealers, drug peddlers and fake drugs smugglers. To this end, the Association has selected a special team saddled with the responsibility of exposing the activities of all those involved in such criminal act in the nation’s border posts.

The Police at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Adeniji-Adele, Lagos recorded a breakthrough last Monday when it intercepted a truck loaded with large cache of ammunition. Three suspected notorious illegal arms dealers were also arrested with the truck at Shaki-Oke-Ogun border in Oyo State while they were trying to smuggle the truck into the country. At the end of the operation, 97,250 rounds of 12 mm live cartridges and a barretta pistol were recovered from the truck.