Article: Canadian couple arrested for selling baby on internet

Canadian couple arrested for selling baby on internet

OTTAWA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- A couple has been arrested after allegedly offering to sell a seven-day-old baby girl on the internet for 10,000 Canadian dollars (10,000 U.S. dollars), Canadian police said Tuesday.

Police in the western coast city of Vancouver were tipped off Friday by a woman who phoned to complain about the ad on the Craigslist website, which described the baby as "very cute," and said it was looking for a good home.

Through the cell phone number posted on the website, police eventually found the baby in a Vancouver West End apartment, which was ...

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