Women warned about baby snatcher
Police have warned mothers against baby snatchers, following an incident where a woman's baby was snatched from her at a clinic in Etwatwa.
The incident occurred at the Phillip Moyo Clinic, on July 28, at around 1pm.
Benoni SAPS spokesperson Lieut Nomsa Sekele said a mother took her newborn baby to the clinic for a check-up and was approached by a woman pretending to be a volunteer at the facility.
“The woman said the victim must accompany her inside the clinic to get pain tablets,” said Sekele.
“She showed the mother where to wait for her.
“The abductor entered one of the rooms and returned with the tablets, gave them to the victim, and showed her another room, telling her she must register there to get tablets regularly.”
While the mother of the child was in the queue, she started experiencing pain.
The bogus volunteer offered to hold the baby boy and later disappeared with the child.
The baby is light in complexion and was wearing a red crawler, white jersey and navy blue cotton hat.
He was wrapped in a red and white baby blanket, a yellow baby blanket as well as a cream blanket.
Anyone with information on the baby’s whereabouts can contact WO Emily Maswinyaneng on 082 962 2642 or 011 747 0238.
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