The Police in Rivers State have smashed a syndicate of child traffickers operating within and other neighbouring States.
Spokesperson of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this on Friday in Port Harcourt.
She said the suspects – one male and three females – are involved in the kidnap, sale, and purchase of children within Rivers, Imo, and Delta states where the syndicate is believed to operate.
Paraded, some of the suspects confessed to buying or selling the kids, with one of them saying she paid N1.5million for three children.
So far, two children have been rescued while the police are still searching for one child who is believed to have been sold to a buyer in Asaba, Delta State. Efforts, she said, are still on to track down fleeing members of the syndicate.