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Flesh trade racket in guise of spa busted

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Unit 9 of Mumbai Crime Branch have busted a prostitution racket operating under the garb of a massage parlour in Vile Parle. The cops have arrested a man and rescued six women, all Thailand nationals for allegedly running a prostitution racket at the same spot. In another raid at Borivali (W), police rescued six women and arrested the manager.

According to sources, on Saturday evening, the crime branch officers received a tip-off that a sex racket was being operated from 'The Thai Villa', located at Rishi Building near Dixit Road in Vile Parle. Acting on the information, police raided the premises and rescued six Thai women. Subsequently, police also arrested the owner and the manager of the spa.

During the raid, police seized Rs 1.23 lakh in cash, a laptop, swipe machine, three voucher books and some documents.