Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a phone dealer, Jamiu Adebayo, for allegedly receiving stolen mobile phones from some suspected armed robbers in the state.According to the police, the suspect, who specialised in buying stolen phones from armed robbers and ‘one chance’ gangs, usually redesigned the phones as ‘London used’ (fairly-used phones) which he sold to unsuspecting members of the public.
The 30-year-old, who lived on Araloya Street, Lagos, was reportedly tracked and arrested with an Iphone 7, belonging to one Kolade Johnson, a banker working on Lagos Island.
“The banker had on August 23 boarded a ‘one chance’ bus around 5.45am on his way to work. The robbers dispossessed him of a laptop and two phones, one of which was traced to Adebayo. He was trying to sell it to a customer on Lagos Island when he was nabbed.
“Also found in his bag were six Iphones, four other smart phones and three MTN SIM packs, which he said he collected from the robbers,” the RRS said in a statement