Overview

• Suping Zhu, 38, of Flushing, N.Y., was arrested Friday and charged with trafficking a person for sexual servitude, deriving support from prostitution, and keeping a house of ill fame.
• Methuen police say neighborhood complaints prompted surveillance and undercover work that led to a Sept. 4 search warrant at the Wallace Street business.
• Officers reported finding basement living quarters for two women, seized phones, computers and business records, and interviewed the two workers.
• City health and inspections officials ordered the spa closed for unlawful habitation in a commercial building, and it has remained shuttered.
• Chief Scott McNamara and Mayor D. J. Beauregard described the action as the start of an aggressive anti‑trafficking effort that will also pursue "johns."