Police arrest woman after raid on Macleod massage parlour
POLICE have arrested a 54-year-old woman after a raid on a massage parlour in Melbourne’s northeast this afternoon.
POLICE have arrested a 54-year-old woman after a raid on a Macleod massage parlour this afternoon.
The Macleod woman has been charged with knowingly carrying on a business as a sex work service without a licence and of living on the earnings of sex workers.
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She has been bailed to appear at the Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on March 1.
Sergeant Andrew Beames of the Banyule CIU said a large number of police had been involved in the long ongoing investigation into the massage parlour.
The investigation was labour intensive, and had been instigated after numerous complaints from people in the community, Sgt Beames said.
During the mid-afternoon sting, police led out two women from the premises, but neither of them have been charged.
Numerous onlookers crowded on the pavement watching as the bust unfolded.
Originally published as Police arrest woman after raid on Macleod massage parlour
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