Thief hiding in a bush smoked out by residents

Residents of Gberigbe, Ikorodu, Lagos used
smoke to chase out a man whose gang had
always terrorized Jabe, a community at Gberigbe
mainly on Sundays.
Determined to catch the thieves, who ran into the
bush after stealing cell phones and other
valuables, members of the community yesterday
set the bush on fire and smoked out one of them,
the others unfortunately escaped.
According to an eyewitness the man and his gang
were said to have scaled the fence of a
compound, destroyed the burglary proof in one of
the windows through which they entered a house
unfortunately for the intruders, the owner of the
house saw them and sent a message to her
neighbour, who in turn alerted other members of
the community.
Noticing that they were surrounded, the thieves
jumped out through the fence and ran into a
nearby bush.
Fortunately, the fire drove him into the arms of
the community members who nearly lynched
him but for the response of a team of policemen
from Ijede Division, who showed up and took him
away.