Massage Parlor Busted Massage Parlor Busted (August 22, 2003)

Acting on a tip from a citizen, police staged an undercover operation last Thursday that resulted in three arrests relating to prostitution.

A police officer posed as a client and asked for a massage at the massage parlor run on the corner of Hope and Dana Streets. The massage parlor was not licensed, according to Mountain View Police Sgt. Derek Sousa.

"After the masseuse asked for an act of prostitution for money, the arrest team came inside and arrested the masseuse," Sousa said. The officers had been waiting outside. Once inside, they arrested the masseuse, Fengzhen Liu, 40, for prostitution. They also arrested the two other women in the parlor, Bin Zeng, 35, and Wei Qu, 34, for running a house of prostitution. All three women were also charged with performing massages without a license.

There have been no other massage parlor arrests in recent months, though there were a string of busts last year.

--Michael Miller