Two people have been sent to prison after being arrested in the Operation Northern Spotlight investigation into sex trade human trafficking in Peterborough.

Akeem Drysdale, 24, of Toronto, was sentenced Friday to four years in prison by Justice Joseph Di Luca in Superior Court of Justice in Peterborough.

Crown attorney Susan Orlando had sought a five-year sentence, while Dysdale's lawyer called for a three-year sentence.

On Wednesday, Drysdale pleaded guilty to four charges in connection to trafficking a 15-year-old girl out of the Motel 6 on Lansdowne Street East in Peterborough.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of procuring (exercises control, direction or influence over the movement of a person providing sexual services), receive material benefit from sexual services and advertising sexual services.

On Dec. 9, another man arrested in the Operation Northern Spotlight investigation, Fabrice Mambo, 25, of Clarington, was sentenced to three years in prison.

Operation Northern Spotlight was launched by Peterborough County OPP detectives to bust a ring that was trafficking minors in the Peterborough area.

Through the investigation, police identified an ad for sexual services on backpage.com. Undercover officers contacted the number listed and arranged a half-hour service for $120 at Motel 6. When officers arrived at the motel, two men were observed leaving through a backdoor.

The men were followed and arrested in a high-risk takedown on Highway 115.

At the motel, officers went to Room 221 where they met the girl. Police informed the girl that they were there to check on her well being and she agreed to give a statement. Police also found another teen in the room, hiding under a blanket.

Through further investigation, police were able to locate another teen who was 16.

Victim statements and cellphone records helped police determine that Drysdale and Fabrice Mambo were trafficking the girls throughout Ontario, including Peterborough, Windsor and Kitchener, according to the statement of facts.

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As part of the same investigation, three Johns were arrested. All three men received $500 fines.

- with files from Todd Vandonk, Peterborough This Week