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PORT NECHES — A multiple agency undercover operation led to the closure of a Port Neches massage parlor and arrest of its owner.

On Tuesday, officers and investigators with Port Neches Police Department along with Baytown Police Department Special Crimes Unit conducted an undercover operation at 88 Massage, 2420 Port Neches Ave., Suite C. As a result of the operation, the owner of the business, 54-year-old Furong Wen of Lake Jackson, was arrested and booked into the Jefferson County Jail on a charge of prostitution.

The business has been shut down.

“This operation ensued after Port Neches PD investigators received information from an area business regarding suspicious activity at the location,” according to information from Port Neches Police Department. “Officers and investigators monitored the massage business and collected information for several months prior to organizing the operation.”

PNPD Chief Cheri Griffith offered thanks to the neighboring business for their vigilance in noticing suspicious activity and reporting it as well as to Baytown PD SCU for their assistance.

The investigation is ongoing.

Griffith said the business had been open for a few months.

The 88 Massage’s Facebook page features information on the types of massage services available: deep tissue, hot stone, aromatherapy, couples massage and foot massage.