Suspect arrested for selling 30 new born babies (Video)
Posted on December 22nd, 2020
Courtesy Hiru News
The suspect involved in selling 30 new born babies, arrested from Matale, over child trafficking charges – Police Spokesman.
The suspect is a 47 year old and has been promoting himself on facebook. He was arrested yesterday and will be produced in court.
Police media spokesperson stated that the suspect has been trading babies for financial gain and has been avoiding the police.
The person who led a large scale child trafficking racket in Sri Lanka has been arrested in the Matale – Ukuwela area.
That was during a raid carried out by the Police Children and Women’s Bureau.
Further investigations have revealed that he had canvassed through Facebook for women who had got pregnant due to various reasons. He had then got the pregnant females to come and then under agreement had taken the babies after they were born.
He had then sold the infants after they were born to a third party.