A DRIVER on his way to deliver food to a local tuckshop was hijacked and kidnapped by five suspects on Sea Cow Lake Road on Monday just before 12:00.
The driver was dropped off unharmed by the armed suspects in Avoca Hills.
According to Marshall Security’s Tyron Powell, the vehicle was also abandoned and recovered in KwaMashu.
“Our Special Operations Team assisted Cartrack in locating a Toyota Hilux. The vehicle was found abandoned in Kwamashu D-Section by members of our Special Ops Team and Cartrack ground team.”
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“It was later established that the vehicle had been hijacked on Sea Cow Lake Road by five suspects, three of whom were armed with handguns. The driver of the vehicle had been kidnapped and taken hostage and later dropped off in the Avoca Hills area,” he said.
Powell added that all the household food items in the vehicle had been removed by the suspects.
It is understood the owner of the vehicle declined to open a case with the SAPS, and the vehicle was handed back to them.
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