Men of the State Police Command have busted a child trafficking syndicate operating in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
According to reports, the command’s C4i Intelligence Unit Operatives, while acting on intelligence over the weekend, raided two buildings at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, both in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state where victims of child trafficking were being kept.
Some of the victims found in the buildings are as young as 15 years old and are heavily pregnant while others nurse infants.
The police spokesperson in the State, Grace Iringe-Koko explained that at the moment, both the victims and suspects are in the custody of the CP Monitoring Unit but will soon be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.
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