How Police Terminated Attempt To Rob Pharmaceutical Firm

[Shola Sholaz]

Operatives of  the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja, Lagos have foiled an attempt by an eight-man robbery gang to smuggle two trucks of drugs worth over N20 million from May&Baker company in Oba Akran area of Ikeja.
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Surprisingly, two of the suspects were discovered to be guards attached to the company.
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Recovered from them were seven packs of drugged Lucozade Boost and another drugged drink which were reportedly given to other guards, in order to put them to sleep while the operation lasted.
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Other items recovered were five destroyed padlocks of the warehouse from where  they attempted to remove the drugs, a knife, a saw, a chisel and 84 cartons of sulphorite and taxamite drugs which they allegedly succeeded in loading inside their operational truck before they were apprehended.
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Parading the suspects before newsmen at the command's headquarters, the command's spokesman, Ngozi Braide, said information on plan to operate at May&Baker was received by  the operatives on August 24, 2013.
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She said: "At  9 p.m, one of the suspects came in and cut the keys to the entrance of the company.
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Before then, they had connived with some of the guards and even gave them some poisoned juice to give to others who were not in the know.
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"They were promised N200,000 at the end of the operation. SARS operatives waited patiently from 6 p.m till midnight when other members of the gang came in with two empty trucks. They were caught in the act. They came with two AK-47 rifles but when they discovered that SARS operatives were around, they threw the weapons inside the warehouse.
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"Same time last year, same gang struck in the same company carting away same drugs."