Police arrested four women and a man who had run a brothel under the cover of an Ayurvedic spa on Wednesday evening in Gunasinghepura, Keselwatta.
Out of the four women, one woman has functioned as the brothel manager, while the arrested man had functioned as her assistant.
The Police said the suspects are aged 48, 33, 34, and 29 and are residents of Nuwara Eliya, Ududumbara, Borella, Panadura and Hanwella.
The suspects will be produced before the Maligakanda Magistrate’s Courts today. Further investigations are underway.