When town residents complained of a possible brothel at a spa above a sandwich shop, Maynard police launched an investigation by sending in an undercover officer for a massage.

At the Asian Spa, the officer fully undressed, had his buttocks touched by the masseuse and other sexual acts were offered before the operation ended on Friday, according to court documents. He then returned on Tuesday with a warrant, Homeland Security, state troopers and a Canton police officer in tow.

Two women were arrested at the parlor — one being Jianping Wu, 68, of Malden, whose name was on utility bills at the spa.

The other, a Flushing, New York resident named Meiying Cheng, 57, was the one to give the officer the massage. She spoke limited English but told police she lived in New York, had been brought

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