THREE men made their first appearance before the Durban Magistrate’s Court on 26 June on charges of kidnapping, extortion and assault.
This comes following the alleged assault and kidnapping of an 18-year-old man on 24 June.
According to Col Thembeka Mbele from provincial SAPS, the man was assaulted and kidnapped at 11am, by known suspects while working at his father’s business premises in the Durban Point area.
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“The suspects forced the man into a vehicle and sped off, while trying to extort money from his father. The kidnapped victim managed to get out of the vehicle and flee the scene and immediately reported the matter at Point SAPS for investigation,” said Mbele.
The eThekwini District Task Team followed up information and the investigation led them to the Verulam area.
“At 5pm, a sting operation was set up and three suspects were arrested at Waterloo in Verulam. The arrested suspects were positively identified by the victim. One of the arrested suspects is a former employee,” she said.
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