The police in Lagos have arrested 13 persons allegedly involved in touting in some embassies on Walter Carrington Street, Victoria Island.
Checks revealed that 27 persons were arrested by policemen attached to Bar Beach Police Division, led by the DPO, Mr. Fayoade Adegoke. He was said to have ordered a comprehensive screening of the suspects and they discovered that 13 of them could not be identified with genuine businesses in the area. The police raided the street after some embassies had written petitions to the commissioner of police for intervention.
Checks revealed that 27 persons were arrested by policemen attached to Bar Beach Police Division, led by the DPO, Mr. Fayoade Adegoke. He was said to have ordered a comprehensive screening of the suspects and they discovered that 13 of them could not be identified with genuine businesses in the area. The police raided the street after some embassies had written petitions to the commissioner of police for intervention.
“A number of touts, agents and vendors continue to harass visa applicants in front of our embassy buildings. The property along the road we use for parking lot had been blocked by touts loitering near the parking lot. We learnt that some anti-riot policemen attached to some of the embassies were conniving with the touts to collect illegal fee from motorists that parked indiscriminately in front of the embassy.’’
After the raid, the place seems to be free from touts for now as some of the persons arrested had been charged to court, a source said.
When contacted, the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr. Umar Manko, who confirmed the arrest said the suspects were arrested during a raid on touts in the area.
Manko said many people were constituting themselves into nuisance in front of some embassies in the area, saying the raid would continue.
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