The Public Relations Officer of Delta State Police command, DSP Bright Edafe in a statement on Sunday 7th May,2023 said the command has charged 94 suspected female commercial sex worker to court who were arrested during a raid on some suspected criminal hideout in the state.
DSP Edafe explained that on 1/5/2023, operatives 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 were deployed to the affected areas.
DSP Edafe said the Police teams embarked on an intensive confidence building patrol, stop and search, and show of force while acting on credible intelligence report.
The Police image maker revealed that the Command raided some identified criminal rendezvous at Evwreni, East west road, and other black spots all in Ughelli North LGA where fifty-nine (59) male suspects, ninety-four (94) female suspected commercial sex workers were arrested.
The command Police Public Relations Officer listed exhibits recovered from the suspects, as 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 with registration number KJA 98 GE, 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.
SP Edafe stated that 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.
The statement disclosed that the Deputy Commissioner of Police,DCP Operations Johnson Adenola directed that the team sustain the tempo and ensure that sanity is completely restored in the area while calling on members of the public to make available any useful information that will help the police in the fight against crime and criminality.
He reiterated that the Command is committed to its core mandate, which is protection of life and properties, among others.
