Two women from Flushing, N.Y. were arrested on prostitution charges at a massage parlor on 5626 Kirkwood Highway, east of Newark on Thursday.
Troop 2 detectives initiated the investigation into the business after receiving complaints regarding the establishment.
An undercover detective went to the parlor, which has no name or exterior advertising, on May 29 and requested a massage. The masseuse, later identified as Min Wang, 51 began the massage and then asked the detective for more money in exchange for sex acts. The detective declined and left the business.
Shortly thereafter detectives returned to the business to execute a search warrant. Detectives located what was described as prostitution paraphernalia and more than $18,000, both of which were seized.
Wang was taken into custody at the scene, as was a second masseuse, Wujun Deng, 47 who was linked to prostitution through evidence recovered during the search. Both defendants were taken to Troop 2 in Glasgow and issued a criminal summons for prostitution.
A number of similar arrests have been reported in the past year at establishments in the state.
