Men arrested for attempting to sell child to news reporter

TWO men have been arrested following an alleged attempt to sell a young girl to an undercover newspaper reporter, police said yesterday.

The men, aged 39 and 44, from Plymouth, Devon, are being held at the city’s Charles Cross Police Station, on suspicion of conspiracy to rob.

A couple, who were arrested two days ago at the Copthorne Hotel in connection with the same incident, have been released on police bail without charge, a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said.