Police in Brussels have detained three people after reports were made that an illegal brothel was operating near a police station in the municipality of Etterbeek.
An investigation ongoing since July led authorities to discover that a woman had rented a building near the local police station and had illegally been running a brothel there, according to HLN.
The investigation was launched after police in March was tipped off that a human trafficking and prostitution network was active in the area, Denis Goeman, a spokesperson with the public prosecutor said told BX1.
During a search of the woman's house, police also discovered 600 cannabis plants, and two other men were also detained and face drug trafficking charges.
The three suspects will be brought before a trial court in Brussels at the start of next week.
Gabriela Galindo
The Brussels Times