On a specific information, a police team raided a house in Bhatindi area of the city on Friday and arrested three youths, four alleged sex workers and a woman pimp, officials said here on Saturday.
Of the arrested women and girls, two belonged to Hamirpur area in Himachal Pradesh, one to Hubli area in West Bengal and two to Nagrota and Akhnoor areas of Jammu district, police said.
The arrested youths have been identified as Sandeep Magotra, a junior engineer, Vijay Sharma, a contractor, and Rajiv Kumar, a shopkeeper; all the trio are residents of Jammu division, police said.
A case has been registered at Trikuta Nagar Police Station under different sections of Immoral Trafficking (Prevention) Act.