The police in Delta said it arrested 94 women suspected to be commercial sex workers during a bust on some identified criminal hideouts in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.

Police spokesman Bright Edafe said 59 male suspects were also nabbed with the female during the raid carried out last Monday in the Evwreni community on the East-West Road and some black spots in Ughelli. 

Mr Edafe put out a statement to reveal the operations on Sunday. He said the operation was carried out by the operatives drawn from the command’s various operations departments and led by the commander, Dragon Patrol, CSP Imade Graha.

“They embarked on an intensive confidence-building patrol, stop and search, and show of force while acting on credible intelligence report.

“During the operation, 59 male suspects and 94 female suspected to be commercial sex workers were arrested,” he said.

The 94 suspected commercial sex workers have, however, been charged to court alongside some of the male suspects, Mr Edafe noted.

He added that others had been transferred to the command’s headquarters for further investigation.

Some items recovered from the suspects included: three pump action guns, one locally-made cut-to-size gun, one dagger, 10 live cartridges.

Others were one suspected stolen and unregistered Toyota Venza, one unregistered Mercedes Benz, and one Peugeot car with Registration Number: KJA 98 GE.

Nine cups of loud, codeine syrup, sachets of swinol, 20 capsules of tramadol and 31 wraps of weed suspected to be Indian hemp were also impounded from the suspects.

Mr Edafe said that the command’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Operations, Johnson Adenola, had directed that massive raids be carried out in Warri, Ughelli and other parts of the state.

He said that the directive was sequel to the recurring incidences of kidnapping and armed robbers in Warri, Ughelli and other affected areas in the state.

Mr Edafe said that the DCP, Operations, had urged the team to sustain the tempo and restore sanity in the areas.

(NAN)