Yet another suspected child trafficking case

Thursday, December 11, 2014

SELIBE-PHIKWE: Botshabelo Police have arrested two Zimbabwean men in connection with a suspected human trafficking case involving nine children. The children were transported in a minibus to South Africa.

The police say the minibus crossed into Botswana through an ungazetted point near Matsiloje on Tuesday night. The incident comes a day after 13 children from Zimbabwe were rescued from a suspected trafficking scam in Francitown on Monday. Police pounced on the alleged traffickers in Blue Town after a tip-off and arrested.

In the Selebi-Phikwe case, the suspects were arrested shortly after crossing the border at the Sefhophe/Mogapi veterinary gate during a routine stop and search by police.

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