A Baton Rouge married couple were the subject of an 11-month investigation into an alleged human trafficking and prostitution operation before their arrests, authorities report.

Maurilio Vargas, 40, and his wife, Zabdi Guzman-Diaz, 40, were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of human trafficking, pandering, promoting prostitution and contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile, according to an East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office news release.

It is the second such operation uncovered by law enforcement this week.

Detectives with the Sheriff's Office first received information that a subject nicknamed "Primo," later identified as Vargas, was trafficking women out of an apartment on Holt Avenue, near Goodwood Boulevard and South Flannery Road, the release states.

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