THIS is the dramatic moment armed officers burst into a compound and arrest a stepfather accused of keeping his stepdaughter as a sex slave.

The 29-year-old woman escaped the twisted prison after being locked away in solitary confinement for 22 years and sold to other men.

The Brazilian woman, who has not been named, managed to track down police in Araucaria, in the southern state of Parana, on Tuesday, September 16.

She told her 51-year-old stepdad she needed to take their three children to a health clinic.

Instead, she went directly to a Civil Police station to report her hellish upbringing.

Police chief Eduardo Kruger confirmed the victim had been abused since the age of seven.

The victim's mother was still married to the man at this point.

At the age of 15, the victim fell

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