COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An undercover investigation in Council Bluffs has resulted in the arrests of 14 people on suspicion of prostitution.

The Council Bluffs Police Department says the Southwest Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Task Force staged an undercover operation at a hotel Tuesday. The 14 arrests occurred over a period of more than nine hours.

Police say six men and eight women were arrested. They say both clients and alleged prostitutes were arrested.

Police say the arrests were made as part of an ongoing operation to crack down on prostitution.

Those arrested are Omaha residents, Christopher Graham, Charlicia Hicks, Jessica Walker, TaTiana Davis, Aaron Fellows, Kristina Rolden, Courtney Flower, Ronald Travis, Charlene Michell and Sophia Radja.

Also arrested were Jerome Knoll, of North Platte, Whitney Jones, of Minden, Gary Curtis, of Hastings, Iowa, and Rusty Davis of Marble Hill, Missouri.