Three arrested and two women rescued in brothel keeping investigation in Belfast

Police arrested three people in a raid on a property in south Belfast (File/Niall Carson/PA)

Three people have been arrested and two suspected victims of human trafficking rescued after police raided a property in south Belfast.

The three suspects – two men aged 42 and 41 and a 39-year-old woman – were detained on suspicion of offences including brothel keeping and controlling prostitution following a search in the Annadale Embankment area on Friday night.

Police said specialist support was being offered to the two rescued women.

A sum of cash was also seized during the search.

During a follow-up search of a property in the Newtownards Road area of east Belfast, three suspected firearms were recovered.

The suspects remained in custody on Saturday afternoon.