Police have taken into custody a Bangladeshi expatriate as he tried to sell a Filipina girl for Dh8,000 in a public place in Sharjah, Alittihad newspaper reported on Saturday.
The man had struck the deal with another Asian expatriate and was handing over the girl, aged below 20 years, in a public park inside a residential area in the city, the semi official daily said, quoting Sharjah police.
“Criminal investigation units had watched the man and prepared a trap…they seized him as he was selling the girl,” the paper said.
Police said five other persons had also been arrested in connection with this case, adding they would be charged with involvement in human trade.