Woman held for child trafficking
16 May 2011
Woman held for child trafficking
HATIM AL-MASOUDI
MAKKAH: Police in Makkah have arrested a woman on charges of trafficking and selling children.
Police spokesman Abdul Muhsin Al-Maiman said the woman was of an Asian nationality and that she had been detained by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai’a).
“They set up a plan and arrested her for human trafficking and selling children,” he said. “They found her with a newborn baby. The case was passed over to the Al-Ajyad Police Department, and during questioning she confessed to having taken the child from a family in Jeddah and taking him to Makkah.”
– Okaz/Saudi Gazette __
Police spokesman Abdul Muhsin Al-Maiman said the woman was of an Asian nationality and that she had been detained by the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai’a).
“They set up a plan and arrested her for human trafficking and selling children,” he said. “They found her with a newborn baby. The case was passed over to the Al-Ajyad Police Department, and during questioning she confessed to having taken the child from a family in Jeddah and taking him to Makkah.”
– Okaz/Saudi Gazette __