Babies for Sale on Instagram: 4 Arrested, a Mother Among Them

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Instagram logo on March 28, 2018. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Indonesian police have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in a baby-selling operation on Instagram.

Police identified one of them as 22-year-old “LA,” a mother who had tried to sell her 11-month-old baby, her third child, because she was in debt.