{"id":73981,"date":"2025-08-23T08:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=73981"},"modified":"2025-08-23T08:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T08:23:56","slug":"driver-abandons-car-loaded-with-cannabis-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/23\/driver-abandons-car-loaded-with-cannabis-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver Abandons Car Loaded With Cannabis in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a driver who abandoned a vehicle loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis and other exhibits in the Ojo area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said in a statement on Friday that the incident occurred on August 15 during a routine stop-and-search operation by operatives of Ojo Division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the operation, the operatives stopped an ash-coloured Toyota Sienna. While his identification and vehicle documents were being requested, the driver suddenly jumped out, fled with the car key, and abandoned the vehicle,\u201d Hundeyin said.<\/p>\n<p>A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of one army jungle hat, two ATM cards, and two bags of substances suspected to be cannabis, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The recovered exhibits have been transferred to the Special Squad 2 of the command for further investigation, while efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, commended the operatives for their vigilance and reiterated the command\u2019s commitment to intensifying patrols and intelligence-led policing across the state.<\/p>\n<p>He also urged residents to remain law-abiding and promptly report suspicious activities to security agencies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu &nbsp; The Lagos State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a driver who abandoned a vehicle loaded with substances suspected to be cannabis and other exhibits in the Ojo area of the state. Police spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said in a statement on Friday that the incident occurred on August 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":73982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73983,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73981\/revisions\/73983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}