By Sara Beth Williams–
A Citrus Heights man was arrested during an undercover sting operation on Watt Avenue conducted by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office.
Sacramento County announced on July 19 that the Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau Detectives, in collaboration with multiple other units, including Rancho Cordova Police, conducted an undercover operation along Watt Avenue in North Highlands to combat human trafficking and prostitution.
The operation resulted in 56 arrests, including the arrest of 21-year-old Obaidullah Habibi from Citrus Heights, along with multiple others from Sacramento, North Highlands, Lincoln, Yuba City, Antelope, Rancho Cordova, and Tucson, Arizona. The operation also yielded the recovery of at least one unserialized handgun, according to the police.
“These types of undercover operations are crucial in the fight against prostitution and human trafficking, as they help identify and rescue victims, dismantle criminal networks, and bring perpetrators to justice,” Sacramento County wrote on social media.
Sacramento County Sheriff’s Special Investigations Bureau (SIB) Detectives collaborated with the Sheriff’s North Patrol, South Patrol, East Patrol Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Detail (SED), Sheriff’s Work Project, the Sheriff’s Drone Unit, and the Rancho Cordova Police Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Team and Crime Suppression Unit (CSU), according to police.
