From the Press Association
Sunday August 6, 2000 12:37 am

Police in West Yorkshire have arrested a woman in connection with allegations of child prostitution.

Officers raided an address in Bradford and arrested a 47-year-old woman. Two girls, aged 13 and six, have been taken into police protection and are now being cared for by social services.

A spokesman for West Yorkshire police said: "Acting on information from the News of the World in relation to alleged sexual exploitation of children through prostitution, we arrested a 47-year-old woman. Our inquiries are continuing."

The arrest took place after the News of the World handed a dossier to police, which included video evidence, alleging the girls had been sexually abused for two years.

A spokeswoman for the News of the World said the arrest followed a meeting between the newspaper's investigations editor, Mazher Mahmood, and West Yorkshire Police's child protection unit.

The investigation comes in the wake of the newspaper's For Sarah campaign which aims to bring about new legislation for the protection of children from paedophiles.

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