The arrests came in the wake of information received by the Duplin County Sheriff’s Office of suspicious activity at a Mount Olive home last week, Sheriff Blake Wallace said.

“We had received information of the possibility of a prostitution ring operating out of that residence,” said Wallace. He said several indicators immediately found at the home pointed to the presence of such a ring.

There were three people, “as well as one john,” Wallace remarked. Additionally, he said sheriff’s investigators “seized several items that only confirmed our suspicions.” Among them were “used condoms, vaginal creams and hand sanitizer” found throughout the residence, the sheriff added.

“Basically, we determined that the mode of operation was that clients would come into the house and pay $25 for 15 minutes,” said Wallace.

“Females were being rotated in and out,” the sheriff said. “There were as many as five to seven females at the house (at one time). We are certain money was not going to these girls, but was going to this man.”