Nine people are in custody following a prostitution sting Friday in downtown Lubbock.
According to Lubbock police, the department conducted a nine-hour operation Friday starting at 9 a.m. in the 2500 block of 27th Street in the Tech Terrace area. The operation involved officers from LPD’s East Division Station, the Texas Department of Public Safety, and. Lubbock Fire Rescue, received air coverage from the department’s Drone Unit.
Nine people were arrested on charges ranging from prostitution to drugs.
This article originally appeared on the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: 9 arrested in police prostitution sting, drugs in Lubbock, near Tech.