TUSCALOOSA, Ala (WIAT) – Human trafficking and prostitution investigations are far from over following massage parlor raids on Thursday.

“It was shocking that it was so close to home and so close to Northport City Hall,” Bama Reptiles and Ranch owner Samantha Lovelady said.

West Alabama Human Trafficking Taskforce, Homeland Security and local law enforcement raided TuiNa Massage, Apple Massage Spa, and Eastern Massage. As of Thursday afternoon, eight people were in custody for questioning and the owner of all three locations, 70-year-old Jianping Chen, was in jail.

“Once I noticed the type of clientele going over there and how they were parked differently, it started to raise a flag,” King’s Kitchen employee Gae Green said.

King’s kitchen is a couple of yards away at the shopping plaza

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