Thirty-one commercial sex workers and two of their male patrons were arrested in a police swoop in Accra on Monday.<\/p>\n
One of the commercial sex workers is said to be five-months pregnant.<\/p>\n
The operation, which started at 11 p.m, was part of efforts by the Cantonments Police to rid the streets of Accra of prostitutes.<\/p>\n
Those arrested were aged 18 to 40.<\/p>\n
A number of them fled when they saw the police approaching, while others rained insults on the police for attempting to arrest them.<\/p>\n
Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n The commercial sex workers were arrested while they were busily soliciting patronage near the Danquah Circle, the Togolese Embassy, the Italian Embassy and their environs.<\/p>\n Briefing journalists on Monday, the Cantonments Police Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr Iddi Seidu, said the exercise was executed as a result of the numerous complaints received from diplomats and other residents of the area.<\/p>\n \u201cThe complaints received about the activities of these prostitutes indicate that the commercial sex workers make a lot of noise at midnight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The Cantonments Police Commander said some of the residents also claimed that they were usually harassed by the prostitutes in the evenings when they were returning home from work.<\/p>\n In all, 30 policemen, including three senior officers, were involved in the operation.<\/p>\n He said the police had interrogated the suspects and taken their statements.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have all been charged with soliciting for immoral purpose and will be put before court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source: Daily Graphic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thirty-one commercial sex workers and two of their male patrons were arrested in a police swoop in Accra on Monday. One of the commercial sex workers is said to be five-months pregnant. The operation, which started at 11 p.m, was part of efforts by the Cantonments Police to rid the streets of Accra of prostitutes. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":23760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[273,1327,1326,38,17],"yoast_head":"\n