The police arrested six non-local women on Thursday aged between 35 and 50 in the northern district on suspicion of prostitution.
A male client caught during the operation was taken in for questioning, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said in a regular press conference yesterday.
According to Lam, the six prostitutes are all from the mainland. The sex workers collaborated with three lookouts including a 48-year-old local woman who is also the suspected kingpin of the prostitution ring.
The two undated handout photos provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday show PSP officers arresting the suspected prostitutes in a residential flat in Iao Hon on Thursday, as well as prostitution-related paraphernalia seized by the police during the operation.
