Nine men are now in custody following a multi-day operation targeting child exploitation./Courtesy: Elmore County Jail

Nine men are now in custody following an undercover operation targeting child exploitation.

Maj. Josh Barfoot with the Wetumpka Police Department tells Action 8 News that his department, in partnership with the Covenant Rescue Group and several other agencies, arrested the suspects in the multi-day operation.

Maj. Barfoot says the arrests came after the suspects engaged in online communications with individuals that they believed to be minors.

Upon arranging to meet for illicit purposes, they were taken into custody by law enforcement officers.

The suspects arrested are:

32-year-old Whitley J. Brown, of Montgomery

19-year-old Contravious J. Jackson, of Elmore

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