Dallas police say they shut down an alleged illegal sex business, seizing drugs and cash. Two people face charges, while dozens detained were released.
DALLAS — The Dallas Police Department (DPD) raided a business Friday, arresting two people and seizing thousands of grams of narcotics, officials said.
Officers with the Special Investigations Division, the Place Network Investigations Unit and the Northwest Prostitution Task Force executed a search warrant at Spayse Studios on April 17, according to a press release from the department. Police call the establishment in the 2500 block of Manana Drive a “sexual encounter center.”
According to DPD, detectives determined patrons could pay a cover fee to enter the business to engage in sexual conduct, a violation of the city’s sexually oriented business ordinance.
During the search, police detained 48 individuals and seized 227 grams of marijuana, 671 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and 11,034.7 grams of THC hash oil. Police also recovered more than $11,000 in currency, multiple computers, hard drives and other electronics, as well as pleasure devices and a cargo van believed to be used in the production of pornography, according to the Dallas Police Department.
Officers arrested Israel Luna, 53, and charged him with possession of a controlled substance over 400 grams, a first-degree felony; promotion of prostitution, a third-degree felony; possession of marijuana between four ounces and five pounds, a state jail felony; and operating a sexually oriented business without a license, a Class A misdemeanor.
Luna declined to comment.
42-year-old Marc Tuton was also charged with operating a sexually oriented business without a License.
The 48 others who were detained were released and not charged with any offense.