Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a two-man robbery gang, who specialize in drugging victims before dispossessing them of cash and valuables.
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A 29-year old Anambra State-born suspected member of a 2-man robbery gang named Ifeanyi Chizoba, who specialises in drugging victims before dispossessing them of cash and valuables has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.
Chizoba was apprehended by a team led by the Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Ifeanyin Owo after almost getting lynched for robbing a shop owner in Festac Town.
The suspect confessed to have used the means on over 100 victims, including commercial sex workers. He said that he had been into the act since 2012, disclosing that his main target were commercial sex workers.
He said: “My friend, Obi, introduced me to it in 2012. Then, our targets were traders at Alaba International Market. We would buy sachets of Actifed and Lexotan tablets, grind them together and put them inside pure water, which we produced ourselves.
"We would then board a bus going to Alaba, with the traders, from Mile Two. Then, we would call a sachet water hawker, who, unknown to the traders, are members of our gang. We would buy a sachet and give the hawker N20, who would say he has no N10 to balance us.
"We would offer the trader beside us a sachet to make up for our balance. After drinking the water, the trader would fall asleep. We would then alight at Agboju bus-stop and carry the trader’s goods, pretending to be the real owners.”