Police have arrested three men and one woman in Malawi's capital Lilongwe, after they were found with human male private parts.
Two of the people arrested were employees of a morgue.
Police identified the suspects as Sebita Mwale, 27, her fiance Erick Mwandira, 34, mortuary supervisor Lufeyo Mphimbi, 54, and his assistant Samalani Jabu, 58. According to police, Mwandira approached the mortuary supervisor at his work, and they agreed to divide the profits of the sale. Mwandira tried to sell private parts to a businesswoman for about $1,500.
Many locals believe that human body parts can bring wealth. Business people and healers pay a lot of money for men's private parts. Sadly, some poor people looking for money kill and mutilate innocent men for their bodies parts.
Recently, police in the central district of Salima Lakeshore in Malawi, responded to a report of a man lying bleeding and unconscious near railroad tracks. The 45-year-old Malawian man was hospitalized. When he was admitted to the hospital, doctors were shocked to discover that his genitalia was missing.
Salima Police Chief Foster Mangani said that hours after the incident, police were called to a local motel where the owner reported that a guest had tried to sell her a man's private part for $360.
Police have identified the suspect as Samuel Banda, whose picture was published next to a man's severed private part on white paper.
Police said that Banda had admitted selling "many body parts to well-known business personalities".
According to reports, the victim was approached by Banda while he was walking home after a drinking spree. His condition is described as "serious" by the local hospital.
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