Teen rescued after stepmom tried to sell her for R40 million Rand

Mumtaz Moosa Saley
17:06:21

A 13-year-old girl was rescued by police after her stepmother and step-grandmother tried to sell her to a human traffic syndicate for R40 million.

The rescue on Tuesday involved the Hawks in the Vaal rand and the Vanderbijlpark police task team.

An investigation was instituted, and the joint task team seized R30 000 and electronic gadgets. The rescued minor has been taken to a safe place.

Both stepmother and step-grandmother had been arrested for human trafficking, conspiracy to sell a minor for sexual exploitation, abduction and theft of a child.

They are both expected to appear in the Heidelberg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

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