Pretoria – Three Chinese nationals and two Mozambicans are among 14 suspected arrested by the South African Police Service (SAPS) for the kidnapping of a Zimbabwean businessman.
The Zimbabwean businessman was kidnapped on Sunday, near his workplace.
“By Monday afternoon, the anti-kidnapping task team which also includes a number of other units within the SAPS, working closely with private security partners, managed to find the kidnapped victim, safe and alive at an identified address in Diepkloof, Soweto,” national police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe said Monday.
“They also managed to trace the 14 kidnappers at various locations, the first eight were traced to an apartment in Greenstone Park and the rest were arrested in Sandton.
“Multiple speed point machines, a large sum of cash that was withdrawn from the victim’s bank account, and two firearms including a firearm stolen during a house robbery in Linden in 2023, are among the items that have been seized and recovered from the kidnappers.”
Brigadier Mathe said the SAPS has in recent weeks been able to intercept several kidnappers linked to syndicates who kidnap businessmen and demand large sums of ransom.
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“Communities are urged to continue to report suspicious activities in and around their neighbourhood, to ensure together we deal decisively with these criminals,” Brigadier Mathe said.
