(COLOMBO) – Three Sri Lankan women were arrested in connection with the alleged sale of a pair of twins at a safe house in Piliyandala close to the commercial capital of Colombo, police said on Thursday.
Among those arrested was the mother of the babies and the other two women were identified as potential buyers of the twins, police said.
They added that the trio was caught red-handed while the transaction was in process. The babies were put up for sale for Rs. 50,000 each or US$ 152.
The arrests were made on a tip-off provided to the local police.
Police were unable to provide explicit details on the mother only to say that she was a single parent.
