ALBINISM Foundation Technical Advisor John Chiti has commended the police for thwarting a ploy to sell a 17-year-old albino but urges the officers to uncover the purported buyers. Police in Mongu recently arrested 12 suspects who attempted to sell a 17-year-old male albino student of Sefula Combined School for the Blind. In a statement, Deputy Police Public Relations Officer Danny Mwale revealed that according to investigations, a plot to traffic the 17-year-old started in October 2022 and a picture of the victim was sent to the purported buyers in Lusaka. He said police, however, managed to thwart the ploy and arrested the 12 suspects who include four teachers, a nurse, a taxi driver and two men who work in a...

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