The Central Zone police conducted raids on two spa centres in Vijayawada and rescued 17 women on Wednesday. They also arrested 15 persons, including customers 10 and five organisers, and seized mobile phones and cash from their possession for allegedly running the flesh trade.
A couple hailing from Visakhapatnam were running an online sex racket in the pretext of running the spa centres, said the police.
Few others who were running the illegal trade were at large, said the police.