How Police foiled attempt to rob pharmaceutical firm
By EVELYN USMAN, UJU MBANUSI & LINDA AMALU LAGOS — 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. Surprisingly, two of the suspects were discovered to be guards attached to the company. 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. [caption id="attachment_412158" align="alignnone" width="412"] The suspects[/caption] 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. Parading the suspects before...