MAKKAH: Criminal Investigations Department teams in Makkah have arrested three women, including the mother of a boy, in a case involving the sale of children, officials said. According to sources, the Bureau of Investigation and Prosecution in Makkah is still looking into the case after child-seller was arrested two weeks ago by teams from the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (the Hai'a) in Makkah's Al-Mansour District. The case was referred to the police, which in turn referred it to the BIP. The woman agreed to set a trap for the mother of the child and the woman who brokered the deal, according to sources who said the three women met at a popular shopping center in Jeddah and made a deal to sell children. When the mother and female broker arrived for the meeting, they were arrested and taken into custody, officials said. The mother of the boy told investigators that she married a European expatriate through coordination between him and a fellow countryman, and they had a son, but she could not care for the child so she sold him, according to sources. Investigations and a search are being conducted to apprehend the father of the boy so authorities can learn more about the matter, officials said.
