Metropolitan Police raided Alaina Massage Spa on Ratchadapisek Road yesterday and issued a warrant for the arrest of the owner for alleged human trafficking. Police are proposing to shut down the venue down.
The police have been investigating owner Narin Jaibamrung, 48, since they found out about a possible financial connection between Alaina and Nataree Massage Parlour, which was raided last month and shut down after police found fifteen underage girls and dozens of foreign women working illegally and thought to have been trafficked.
Narin will be charged with alleged human trafficking because of his financial link with Nataree.
Narin was not on the premises at the time of the raid and the police are currently searching for him. They believe he may have been tipped off about the raid and gone into hiding.
The owner and manager of Nataree also disappeared after being raided and have not been seen since.
The raid at Alaina was led by Police Maj. Gen. Charuwat Waisaya, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, reported Thai PBS.
More than 50 police officers took part in the raid. They found 40 girls but all were older than 18. It was not reported whether or not they were Thai nationals.
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