- Arrest Over 100 Suspects
No fewer than 100 youths suspected to be internet fraudsters have been arrested by military personnel from 3 Battalion of the Nigerian Army at a popular estate at Effurun in Uvwie, Local Government Area of Delta State.
The suspects were said to have been arrested following intelligence reports after the discovery of an HK (Yahoo Training) School within the estate premises.
Hustle Kingdom (HK) school is a cybercriminal training network where internet fraudsters are trained. It was gathered that after months of gathering intelligence reports on the activities of the suspects, armed military operatives stormed the school and arrested over one hundred of them. It was learned that the alleged owner of the HK School and his accomplices were also arrested by the soldiers.
Meanwhile, the military authorities at the 3 Battalion Nigerian Army Barracks in Effurun, have handed the suspects to the police at Ekpan in Uvwie Local Government Area for prosecution after proper profiling.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), SP Bright Edafe confirmed the arrest of the suspects, but could not give details of how the suspects were apprehended.
