Adebayo Adenrele
Soldiers of the 3 Battalion of Nigerian Army Barracks in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested over 100 youths suspected of involvement in internet fraud.
The facility, known as HK “Hustle Kingdom” School, is a cybercriminal training network school in the metropolis, where intending Internet fraudsters are reportedly trained.
The Army Estate is a highbrow residential Post Service Housing Estate for retired military officers and civilians in Uvwie, Delta State.
It was gathered that the suspects were rounded up following intelligence reports on the discovery of an HK (Yahoo training) School within the premises of the Army Estate.
After months of intelligence reports gathering on the activities of the suspects, the military personnel stormed the school and arrested over one hundred of them in the early hours of Saturday.
Also, the alleged owner of the school and his accomplices were arrested by the soldiers during the raid, it was further gathered.
Meanwhile, the military authorities at the 3 Battalion Nigerian Army Barracks, Effurun have reportedly handed over the suspects to the police at Ekpan in Uvwie for prosecution after proper profiling.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Delta State Command, SP Bright Edafe confirmed the arrest of the suspects, but could not give details of how the suspects were apprehended.