WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. - The Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that 11 people were arrested during a five-day undercover operation targeting child sex crimes.

What we know:

The sting, dubbed Operation HOOK — short for "Hands Off Our Kids" — was led by the GBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force with support from the sheriff’s office. Investigators posed as minors on social media, dating apps and messaging platforms to catch suspects attempting to lure children into sex acts.

Authorities said the suspects included a driver, two engineers and several factory workers. Two of those arrested were already registered sex offenders, and one was in the country illegally. Charges range from child exploitation to trafficking a

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