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By Lee Han-soo

Three couples in their 20s who allegedly turned to prostitution after they used all their travel cash have been arrested in Busan.

The couples, who were unemployed, traveled to Busan in a rental car. When their money ran out on the third day, one of the men proposed earning cash through prostitution, according to Sasang police station.

They all agreed and each was assigned a role -- from gathering customers to a driver and a hooker.

For seven days from June 13, the men found clients through chatting applications and charged each customer 100,000 won ($86) to 200,000 won. They earned over 3 million won, police said.

Police, who were closely monitoring the chat apps, shut down the ring on Monday.

"The incident is regrettable as one couple had dated for over a year," police said.

They booked the couples without detention on prostitution charges.