A bizarre incident was reported in Russia where police arrested a couple on charges of human trafficking. After getting arrested, the couple told the real story behind the alleged trafficking of an infant which left the police shocked. Apparently, the unnamed 33-year-old mother sold her baby in return for a cost to pay for her nose job.
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A disgraced mom sold her 5 days old baby in Russia to have money to pay for her nose job.
The local media have not named the mother in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, southern Russia where she has been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking.
Police reports reveal that the mom took a small deposit of £274 from a couple who agreed just five days after his birth on April 25, to take the infant off her hands.
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However, soon after buying the infant, he fell sick and the medics asked the couple for his birth certificate when they took the child to a hospital.
Getting their hands on it cost them the equivalent of $1600 a month later, meanwhile, the mother of the child negotiated her son's price based on the cost she had to pay for a nose job. This is what the couple revealed after their arrest.
But before the couple could hand over the remainder of the total $3,200 fee, police arrested the duo for human trafficking.
In a statement obtained by Newsflash, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan said: "The investigating authorities of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Dagestan have initiated a criminal case against a 33-year-old resident of the city of Kaspiysk.
"She is suspected of committing a crime under paragraph 'h' of Part 2 of Art. 127.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (purchase and sale committed in relation to a person who is in a state of helplessness, known to the guilty person)."
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The statement continued: "According to investigators, on 25th April, 2022, a woman gave birth to a male child in Caspian City Central Hospital.
"On 30th April, 2022, the woman who had given birth was discharged from the hospital, where, having met with a local resident, she agreed to hand over her newborn son, who was in a state of helplessness, to him for a reward of 200,000 rubles.
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"She then issued a waiver for the rights to the child, and the suspect received money amounting to 20,000 rubles for the child from the third party.
"On 26th May, 2022, she received the rest of the money amounting to 100,000 rubles.
"Subsequently, information about the crime committed became known to law enforcement officers.
"The suspect was detained in accordance with Art. 91 and 92 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation.
"Currently, a series of investigative actions is being carried out, aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the crime committed and consolidating evidence of the suspect's guilt.
"The issue of choosing a preventive measure against her is being decided," the statement concluded.