Last night a SAPS team was formed to conduct an investigation and locate a 24-year-old Indian national who was kidnapped from a parking lot in Durban CBD.
The team was informed that the suspects were communicating with the victim’s brother demanding a ransom. The money was arranged and the meeting point was given to the victim’s brother on South Coast Road in Clairwood.
An operation was conducted following the leads but subsequently the meeting point was changed to Wiggins Road in Mobeni. The team tactically proceeded to the meeting point where the ransom was given to the suspect by the victim’s brother. The suspects then drove away in an alleged Uber vehicle. The victim was dropped off and a chase after the said vehicle ensued. The vehicle was stopped by the team at Wiggins Road and intercepted. Two occupants of the vehicle, one of which was a foreign national, were arrested with the cash.
The investigation continued to the suspect’s place of residence where a 9mm pistol, fifteen rounds of ammunition and suspect’s cellular phones were found and seized. The tracing of other outstanding suspects is continuing.
Both men aged 34 and 39 will appear at the Durban Magistrates Court tomorrow facing kidnapping and extortion charges.
OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMISSIONER: KWAZULU-NATAL
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