Three men in the phillipines caught stealing human bones

By John Grafilo

Manila (dpa) – Philippine police have arrested three men for

allegedly stealing bones from a public cemetery, a police report said

Thursday.

   The suspects were transporting 10 sacks when police accosted them

in Bacolod City, 495 kilometres south of Manila, late Wednesday.

   Police said the officers became suspicious of the sacks, which

upon inspection proved to contain human bones.

   During questioning, the suspects admitted to digging the bones up

from a nearby cemetery to sell to an unnamed buyer.

   Investigators were preparing criminal charges and tracking down

the buyer of the bones, the report said.