Delta Police Arrest 94 Commercial-Sex Workers for Kidnapping, Others…
94 commercial sex workers and 59 male suspects have been arrested in Delta state for kidnapping, armed robberies, and other sundry crimes in Ughelli north local government areas and environs of the state.
DSP Bright Edafe, spokesperson of Delta State Police disclosed to newsmen in Warri.
He revealed that locally made guns, three suspected stolen vehicles, and hard drugs among other items were found in possession of the suspects; adding that some of the suspects have been charged to court, while the others were moved to the command’s headquarters in Asaba.
He said:
“Operatives were drawn from the command’s operations department, SIB, Dragon Patrol, safer highway, raiders, CP D-Coy squad, Rapid response squad (RRS) and led by the Commander Dragon patrol, CSP Graham Imade and deployed to the affected areas.
“They embarked on an intensive confidence building patrol, stop and search, and show of force while acting on credible intelligence report. The Commander led raids on some identified criminal rendezvous at Evwreni, East west road, and other black spots all in Ughelli North LGA. During the operation, fifty-nine (59) male suspects, ninety-four (94) female suspected commercial sex workers were arrested.
“The following exhibits were recovered from them; three pump action guns, one locally made cut-to-size gun, one dagger, ten (10) live cartridges, one suspected stolen unregistered toyota Venza, one unregistered Mercedes benz, one Peugeot car , nine (09) cups of loud, codeine syrup, sachets of swinol, twenty capsules of tramadol, thirty one (31) wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp.
“The ninety-four (94) commercial sex workers have been charged to court alongside some of the male suspects, while others have been transferred to the command headquarters for further investigation.”
Dsp Edafe, also noted the police had doubled efforts to flush out criminal elements from Warri and its environs.
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