18 suspected sex workers arrested by the Police.

Eighteen suspected commercial sex workers have been arrested in a swoop by the Cantonments Divisional Police Command in Accra.

The arrest was made last Saturday night and Sunday morning around the Togolese Embassy, the Italian Embassy and the Danquah Circle when undercover policemen stormed those areas suspected  to be the hub for the suspected commercial sex workers.

Those arrested were between the ages of 19 and 38, including a man who was around the area allegedly patronising the activities of the suspected sex workers.

The acting Cantonments Divisional Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Ms Gladys Mpere told the Daily Graphic that the unannounced operation was conducted due to complaints from residents that the activities of the commercial sex workers were causing a nuisance.

She added that police have also gathered intelligence that some of the suspected sex workers  were also involved in other robbery activities that have become common in the area.

According to her, some of the sex workers sometimes connive with armed robbers to rob valuables of the clients of sex workers in their homes.

Ms Gladys Mpere further indicated that the exercise would be sustained to ensure that communities are cleared of activities of commercial sex workers and armed robbers.