Operatives of the Delta State Police Command arrested 59 suspected armed robbers, kidnappers, cultists and 94 female commercial sex workers in Ughelli, Warri and other parts of Delta State as a result of raids on criminal dens.
The operatives also recovered three pump action guns, one locally made cut-to-size gun, one dagger, 10 live cartridges, one suspected stolen unregistered Toyota Venza, one unregistered Mercedes Benz, 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 marijuana.
This was revealed by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, in a statement on Sunday. He said the operation became necessary following criminal activities of kidnappers and armed robbers in the areas.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) in the state, DCP Johnson Adenola, had directed that massive raids be carried out in the affected areas and on May 1, 2023, operatives were drawn from the command’s operations department, SIB, Dragon Patrol, Safer Highway, Raiders, CP D-Coy squad, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), led by the Commander Dragon Patrol, CSP Graham Imade and deployed to the affected areas.
The PPRO said that following intensive confidence-building patrol, stop and search, and show of force and acting on credible intelligence reports, they raided some identified criminal rendezvous at Evwreni, East West Road, and other black spots all in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.
He said that the 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 DC Operations has 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 the protection of life and properties, among others.
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