Police rescued three women who were tied up and tortured in a house in Cresta yesterday (29 November).
Police say the women fell victim to a scam and were held against their will.
Police received information about the incident and arrived at the house at around 6pm. They freed the women, who were found with burn wounds, and arrested eight men.
The men are expected to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court soon.
According to the police, the women were victims of a black dollar scam: they were told by a man at a shopping centre that if they gave him money, he would return it back several times over.
It is not known what exactly transpired after this point but the women were kidnapped and taken to the house where they were tortured.
It is not known how long the women were kept there before they were rescued.
This is a developing story. More information will be published as soon as it becomes available.
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