Posted on 06/23/2007 9:47:13 AM PDT by Bladerunnuh
Two Romanian couples were arrested while trying to sell a two-month-old girl for "anything between 10,000 to 15,000 euros" (£7,000 to £10,500), according to a police spokesman.
A 15-year-old, presumed to be the mother of the baby, was taken to hospital.
Three adults were taken to the Angouleme police station. "How much do you offer?" a male member of the gang is said to have shouted at shoppers as he held the crying baby aloft, according to one witness.
A woman shopper alerted the hypermarket's security team who prevented the group from getting away by blocking exits with cars until police arrived.
The gang tried to fight off the guards using weapons including a baseball bat.
Police later ran DNA tests on the baby and the 15-year
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They wouldn’t have been arrested had this been Mecca.
gypsies?
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