After announcing the shuttering two Methuen massage parlors suspected of being fronts for human trafficking operations over the past two days, on Tuesday, city officials shut down three more local spas they believe are involved in sex trafficking.

Methuen’s Department of Health, Human Services, and Inspections has now issued cease-and-desist orders at Oriental Spa, located at 119 Swan St.; Yellow Lilly Day Spa, located at 17 Baldwin St., #6; and Lavender Spa, located at 17 Baldwin St., #7, city officials said in a press release Tuesday evening .

The spas were ordered closed after inspectors visited the businesses and discovered “unlicensed activity, evidence of unlawful habitation within the commercial spaces, and multiple code violations including unpermitted construction, blocked e

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