Cross-border sex operation smashed
Police believe they have smashed a gang bringing prostitutes from the mainland to Hong Kong after arresting a man and 11 women in an undercover operation.
The 27-year-old suspected gangster was arrested in Ngau Tau Kok after the women were picked up on Wednesday night at two hotels, in Wan Chai and Kwun Tong.
Crime squad officers say they are still investigating what they believe was a gang controlled by two or three members. 'The gang usually booked at least two or three hotel rooms for five or six women and put their pictures and details on a sex website with contact phone numbers,' said Chief Inspector Paul Edmiston, Wan Chai district operations officer.
Callers were told to go to a hotel room for sex, he said. 'When [the clients] got to the hotel there were usually two or three girls in a room. They picked the girl they wanted.'
Clients were charged between HK$500 and HK$1,000, with the women keeping 40 per cent.
Police said the prostitutes worked round the clock and had up to 15 clients a day. After investigating for about two weeks, officers posing as clients were sent to the hotels.
Police arrested the man in his flat in Choi Yat House, on the Choi Ha Estate in Ngau Tau Kok. They believe he directed clients to the hotels and collected money.
Six women arrested in Wan Chai will appear in Eastern Court today.
