Seven men from London and one from Woodstock face charges after an undercover officer posed as a minor on an online platform, police say.

Investigators say the men communicated online with the undercover officer to obtain sexual services, believing they were speaking with someone under 18.

Seven London men, aged 22 to 31, and a 34-year-old Woodstock man are charged with communicating for the purpose of obtaining sexual services from a person under 18.

All eight have been released from custody and are scheduled to appear in London court between Nov. 27 and Dec. 11.

The two-day operation, conducted Oct. 28-29, was led by the London Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit, with assistance from the Ontario Provincial Police Intelligence-Led Joint Forces Strategy.

Police in a statement emp

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