Ogun police arrest driver, guarantor for vehicle theft, foil smuggling attempt 

Operatives attached to the Idiroko Division of the Ogun State Police Command person foiled a cross-border conveyance trafficking attempt, arrested 2 suspects and recovered a stolen 28-seater Toyota Coaster autobus belonging to a company.

The suspects, Seun Lawal, 46, and Ademola Oriyomi, 38, were arrested on Friday.

In a connection issued on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the autobus was declared stolen from Lagos.

He noted that Seun, the company’s driver, and his guarantor, Ademola, conspired to bargain and smuggle the autobus into the Benin Republic.

The connection reads: “The cognition was based connected credible quality received astatine astir 11:00 p.m. connected June 12, 2026, indicating that the suspects had positioned the said conveyance astatine the Babaloke country of Idiroko and were preparing to determination it crossed the planetary borderline nether mendacious pretence.

“Acting swiftly connected the information, CSP Adejuwon Ariyo mobilised and led a surveillance squad to the location, wherever operatives intercepted the suspects successful the people of executing the cross-border movement.”

According to the constabulary spokesperson, the operatives demobilised the conveyance by shooting 1 of its tyres, efficaciously immobilising it and preventing its flight crossed the border.

“Preliminary investigati...