Seventeen-year-old among 45 women arrested for illegal prostitution

A 17-year-old teenager was among 45 women arrested during two anti-prostitution operations in Wan Chai and Yuen Long with all but one found to have a mainland origin. 

Both operations were jointly conducted by the police and the Immigration Department on Thursday. 

In the first operation, officers arrested 37 mainland women aged 17 to 57 in Yuen Long for breaching conditions of stay to combat illegal prostitution activities. 

In the second one, officers raided a number of units on Thomson Road and Lockhart Road and arrested a 21-year-old non-Chinese woman as well as seven mainland women aged 29 to 49 also for breaching conditions of stay. 

All arrestees are currently on remand. 

Police said they will step up enforcement against illegal prostitution and called on citizens to report suspicious illegal activities if they encounter any.