South African arrested with another man’s cock and balls in a jar

A 26-year-old South African fellow has been arrested by coppers for carrying around human genitalia in a jam jar.

Joel Ranoto was picked up by police in Polokwane on Friday and appeared before magistrates earlier today. The court heard that police were alerted to Ranoto carrying a cock when a traditional healer contacted them. It is alleged that Ranoto was trying to sell the pickled penis for profit, hoping the medicine man would pay handsomely for a knob and testicles he could use to make a voodoo charm.

The reproductive glands in Ranoto’s possession came from a recently deceased male who was lying in a funeral director’s mortuary. Ranoto was employed by Telezaro Funeral Parlour, and had arrived at the mortuary on Friday morning to dress the corpse of Mosima Semenya’s 60-year-old dead son. Mosima and her widowed daughter-in-law were expecting to bury their dearly departed on Saturday morning but instead were informed by police on Friday evening that the corpse had been violated.

Telezaro Funeral Parlour initially agreed to pay the costs for a rescheduled burial but have since rescinded their offer. Ranoto has been bailed until 18th March whilst further investigations are carried out.