SHOCKING: Instagram Account Selling Babies At 475 Pounds Each

Police are investigating an Instagram account that seems to be offering babies for sale, with pictures of babies shown with purchase details.

The Mirror reports:

Images of six babies were ‘advertised’ on the account at £475 each, with details of where to go and buy the children.

Detectives in Indonesia, where the posts originate, raided a premises in East Jakarta but found no evidence of human trafficking.

Senior commander Muhammad Iqbal, leading the investigation said  “When we arrived at the location, we found an office of a Catholic foundation that provides shelter for teenagers.

“We found no babies there and they could provide all legal documents related to the foundation.

A shocked spokesman at the school, run by the Santa Maria foundation, said they had nothing at all to do with the Instagram message.

Now the Indonesian Social Ministry are trying to verify the information about possible child trafficking.

The pictures of the babies have been on the account for two months and were being advertised for up to £475, although one of them was available for free.

Some social media commentators doubted the authenticity of the account.

A police spokesman said investigations are ongoing.