The Grants Pass Police Department including a multi-agency task force consisting of investigators from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Medford Police Department, Oregon State Police, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducted several arrests after an investigation involving commercial sexual solicitation at a local Grants Pass massage parlor.
Thursday’s multi-jurisdictional law enforcement operation was a cooperative ongoing criminal investigation at the Silk Road Massage parlor in Grants Pass including the Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team investigating human trafficking concerns that developed during the criminal investigation.
Arrested during the raid was Wei Zhang, 58 of Grants Pass, charged with promoting prostitution. Kul Assavaphoom, 41 also of Grants pass was cited and released for prostitution. During the raid a customer, Yhang Zhao, 52 was found with a US Marshal warrant out of Virginia and was lodged in the Josephine County Jail. The business was owned by Min Zhang, 48 of Grants Pass.
