The Lagos State Police Command said a total of 62 suspected armed robbers and 60 alleged murderers have been arrested across the state.
Also arrested were 104 suspected cultists, 12 alleged rapists while 16 armed robbery attempts were foiled.
It said the suspects were apprehended between January 24 and March 1 following proactive strategies and reinvigorated security architecture.
These statistics were given by police spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, at a briefing held Monday afternoon at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja.
According to Ajisebutu, 50 of the 62 robbery suspects and 98 suspected cultists were charged to court.
He said 15 stolen vehicles, 27 arms, 83 ammunition and 10 other dangerous weapons were recovered through painstaking and coordinated investigations carried out by crack detectives.
“The command has been unrelenting in its efforts to curb the excesses of reckless drivers in the state and as such different operations either separately or jointly carried out by the command’s operations department, taskforce, area commands and divisions resulting in the arrest of 19 drivers for driving against traffic.