The Jakarta Globe, 1 Feb 2016,
Denpasar. A married couple in Bali desperate to have children were arrested by the Denpasar District Police on Sunday (31/1) afternoon for allegedly kidnapping a baby girl, an official has said.
The couple, identified as L.S., 29, and P.B., 37, reportedly took the baby from her home on Denpasar's Jalan Pulau Pinang on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. local time. Police managed to track down the perpetrators' home on Jalan Pulau Moyo just one day after the incident and swiftly arrested them at 2:30 p.m.
Both are now being detained at the Denpasar Police Headquarter for further questioning while the 3-month-old has been safely returned to her parents.
“The witnesses' testimonies that we gathered, including from the baby's parents, led us to the two perpetrators. Based on the initial questioning, they [the kidnappers] said they had wanted to nurture the baby,” chief of the Criminal Investigation unit at Denpasar Police, Comr. Reinhard Habonaran Nainggolan, said on Monday.
Police are still investigating whether the kidnappers have any possible ties to child-trafficking networks.
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