Muscat: A major prostitution racket was dismantled owing to a joint effort by Omani police and Thai immigration officials.
Twenty-one Thai women who were forced into prostitution were released and flown back home.
Thai nationals Suphanan Yingphimai, 29, Natnicha Kongprasith, 36, and Palida Kleepbua, 27, were arrested for running the prostitution ring.
They have been charged with human trafficking, running a prostitution ring, and pandering.
Police have launched a manhunt to track down two Omani nationals who are suspected of involvement in the prostitution ring.
The Thai women were lured to Oman with promises of jobs only to be forced into prostitution.
The joint Omani-Thai police teams raided two apartment buildings and found other women who refused to reveal their nationalities.