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Filipina arrested for selling newborn babies

By indiansinkuwait.com. Kuwait arrested a Filipina for selling newborn babies. According to report, the gang operate by selling babies born illegally outside outside wedlock. Case papers indicate that detectives had been tipped off concerning the suspect's activity and after placing her under surveillan

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Published 16 January 2016, 8:00 · Updated 21:47

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Filipina arrested for selling newborn babies

Kuwait arrested a Filipina for selling newborn babies. According to report, the gang operate by selling babies born illegally outside outside wedlock.

Case papers indicate that detectives had been tipped off concerning the suspect’s activity and after placing her under surveillance for a while; the suspect was arrested along with one of the mothers and four newborn babies.

The two women were referred to relevant authorities – and the babies have been hospitalized.

The suspect confessed to acting as a midwife for her compatriots. She said she usually took the babies immediately after birth and sell them D 250 each to childless couples.


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