Bedbugs help police uncover suspected human trafficking ring

PRINCETON, Texas (KTVT) - A case of bedbugs may have led police to a human trafficking ring in Texas. Officers began investigating after exterminators reported seeing unusual living conditions for more than a dozen women.

On a quiet street of newly constructed homes in Princeton, it seems no one noticed anything odd about the two-story brick house on Ginsburg Lane – until the bedbugs arrived.

A pest control company says it got a call to treat the house. The technician who responded says he found three to five women sleeping on the floor of each bedroom, a large number of suitcases and no furniture other than folding tables and an air mattress.

Responding to a tip from the company, police went to check out the suspicious activity and found 15 women, all between the ages of 23 and 26, living inside the home.