Police shut down beauty salon over suspected prostitution
13 Sep 2012, 4:00 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Police on Wednesday night raided a beauty salon located on the third floor of the ‘Kolkatha’ building near the ‘Campus’ store in Male’ as part of an ongoing operation to target businesses and individuals with alleged links to prostitution.
The Maldives Police Service’s Intelligence Department and Serious and Organised Crime Department announced they had conducted the joint special operation after receiving information that prostitution was taking place at the salon.
According to police, two female Bangladesh nationals and a Thai woman were arrested during the raid. Two male Bangladesh nationals and a Maldivian man were also found inside the salon at the time.
After a search of the salon, officers reported they had discovered MVR 1055 and certain items used to conduct sexual activities, police stated.
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