Policemen attached to Idiroko Division of the Ogun State Police Command have foiled a cross-border vehicle trafficking attempt involving a company driver, Seun Lawal, aged 46 years, and his guarantor, 38-year old Ademola Oriyomi, over conspiracy to smuggle a 28-seater Toyota Coaster bus, earlier declared stolen from Lagos, into the Benin Republic for illegal disposal.
The operation, according to a statement on Saturday by the spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, was based on credible intelligence received at about 11 pm on June 12, 2026, indicating that the suspects had positioned the said vehicle at the Babaloke area of Idiroko and were preparing to move it across the international border.
Babaseyi said, “Acting swiftly on the information, CSP Adejuwon Ariyo mobilised and led a surveillance team to the location, where operatives intercepted the suspects in the course of executing the cross-border movement.
“In a decisive tactical response,
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