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Ventura Police arrest five people in human trafficking enforcement operation

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Published 3:23 pm

VENTURA, Calif. (KEYT) – Ventura Police arrested five people in an undercover human trafficking at a local motel on Thursday.

The VPD Special Victims Unit, Major Crimes Unit and Street Crimes Unit worked to arrest the five individuals after their attempts to solicit prostitution.

The arrests included a 29-year-old man from Oxnard, a 36-year-old man from Santa Paula, a 57-year-old from Arizona and another 29-year-old from Oxnard all for soliciting prostitution.

A 42-year-old from Camarillo received charges for soliciting a minor for a commercial sex act, arriving at a location to have sex with a minor in addition to soliciting prostitution.

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