Clayton County sheriff’s deputies arrested 20 people in a prostitution sting Friday.
Suspects included alleged drug dealers, prostitutes and johns, according to Channel 2 Action News. The arrests were made along heavily traveled Tara Boulevard and followed complaints by area residents and business owners.
Clayton County Sheriff Kem Kimbrough said the corridor had been under surveillance for several weeks before the sting.
"All of it relates to human trafficking,” Kimbrough told Channel 2. “Of course human trafficking has become very big business, very lucrative business and involves several aspects of criminal activity."
In one incident, an undercover deputy who was looking for prostitutes was approached by a man offering to sell him marijuana. In another, two women walking across the street solicited an undercover officer. Both women were taken into custody after telling the officer to meet them behind a hotel. The women were also carrying drugs, the authorities said.
“Mothers and fathers can’t even walk their kids down the street without being harassed by prostitutes,” Deputy Sheriff James Beveridge told Channel 2
Kimbrough had a warning others seeking out prostitutes in the area: "Stay away from this sort of activity. We are out here watching, and we're going to catch you.”
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