NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A months-long human trafficking investigation has resulted in a SWAT raid in Nashville by Metro Nashville police.
MNPD says their investigation has led to search warrants being executed simultaneously at two locations.
One location is a home in the 1100 block of Bluewillow Court. The other is a business on the 600 block of Fesslers Lane.
MNPD is making arrests in the case.
"This is very real, and the metro Nashville police department takes human trafficking very seriously and so we obviously work very hard to get these victims into a safe place where they are not at risk to be trafficked and to be in harm's way,"said Brooke Reese, MNPD spokesperson.
Reese says the investigation started after a victim came forward through their partnership with a local advocacy group and started a conversation with a human trafficking detective.
Police did say there were children at the home ages 12 and 9.
Right now, detectives are in the process of interviewing people found in the home at the time of the search warrant and a shed structure outside where people were living in.
The home is a suburban neighborhood, and outside there were several cars and surveillance cameras.
Police are trying to get more information from those who were found inside to know whether or not there needs to be charges brought or if they’re victims.
Right now, detectives are in the process of interviewing people found in the home at the time of the search warrant and a shed structure outside where people were living in.
"Hopefully through our partnership with these local advocacy groups that are with the Nashville that he’s with them still safe enough to come forward because that’s really the key to us finding these human trafficking perpetrators that are talking to these young girls and boys so that we can bring justice to these families involved as well as victims," Reese said.
Police have an adult female and two adult males in custody who could face drugs charges as well as human trafficking charges.
NewsChannel 5 will update this article as more information is made available.
