Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- Police operatives attached to the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two suspected robbers at Akowonjo Road, Alimosho area of the state.

This is contained in a statement released by Taofiq Adebayo, the spokesperson of RRS.

The police said the suspects, Samuel Akabueze, 31, and Onuoha Joshua, 37, were arrested at midnight on Monday for driving a Lexus jeep suspiciously around the area.

Mr Adebayo said when the police trailed and arrested them, one locally-made gun with two rounds of ammunition, and four ATM cards were recovered from the suspects.

"Following sustained sundry crimes surveillance patrols across suspected flashpoints in Lagos, the operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS...