{"id":260953,"date":"2026-04-22T10:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260953\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:07:15","slug":"48-detained-as-dallas-police-bust-alleged-sexual-encounter-center-seize-more-than-25-pounds-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/260953\/","title":{"rendered":"48 Detained As Dallas Police Bust Alleged \u2018Sexual Encounter Center,\u2019 Seize More Than 25 Pounds Of Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dallas police raided a warehouse in northwest Dallas on April 17, detaining 48 people, seizing large quantities of drugs, and arresting two men, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DallasPD\/status\/2046253803276525611\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:according;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;according&quot;}\" class=\"link \">according<\/a> to the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The raid took place in the 2500 block of Manana Drive as part of the Dallas Police Department\u2019s Safe Streets initiative, which targets human trafficking and prostitution across the city.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said detectives with the Special Investigations Division identified the business as an unlicensed sexually oriented business. Investigators determined that patrons could pay a cover fee to enter the warehouse and engage in sexual contact, which police said violates the City of Dallas\u2019 sexually oriented business ordinance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the search, officers seized 227 grams of marijuana, 671 grams of psilocybin mushrooms, and 11,034.7 grams of THC hash oil, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vice detectives also recovered more than $11,000 in cash, multiple computers, hard drives and other electronics, pleasure devices, and a cargo van that investigators believe was used in the production of pornography.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police arrested 53-year-old Israel Luna and 42-year-old Marc Tuton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Dallas police, Luna faces charges of 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said Tuton was charged with operating a sexually oriented business without a license.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The other individuals detained during the search were released at the scene and were not charged, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe Dallas Police Department is committed to enforcing all laws and ordinances related to prostitution, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation to keep everyone safe in Dallas,\u201d the department said in a public statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police said the investigation is documented under case number 049524-2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dallas police raided a warehouse in northwest Dallas on April 17, detaining 48 people, seizing large quantities of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5902,102,104,103,401,96312,96945,17726,38502,97640],"class_list":{"0":"post-260953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-city-of-dallas","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news","12":"tag-dallas-police","13":"tag-israel-luna","14":"tag-marc-tuton","15":"tag-northwest-dallas","16":"tag-sexually-oriented-business","17":"tag-special-investigations-division"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}