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Alexandria police bust alleged sex trafficking at Huntington area massage parlor

Two women are being held without bond in Alexandria after being arrested for alleged sex trafficking at a massage parlor in the Huntington area of Fairfax County, according to the Alexandria Police Department.

The two Fairfax County residents — ages 51 and 21 — were arrested Monday, May 4, and charged with sex trafficking. The arrests were made after APD, with assistance from the Virginia State Police, served a search warrant at a massage business in the 5900 block of Ashlar Way, near the city border in Huntington.

APD communications manager Tracy Walker told ALXnow via email that officers from the department’s Vice Narcotics Unit “recovered evidence consistent with commercial sexual activity and shut the operation down.”

Detectives also served a related search warrant in the 900 block of N. Van Dorn Street that morning, although no arrests were made at that location, according to APD.

Walker said the investigation is ongoing.

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