The Bronkhorstspruit police arrested two alleged kidnappers on April 18.
The arrests came after an investigation into a kidnapping four days earlier.
A woman received a call from an unknown person. This person told her her husband’s brother was with them, and she must not get the police involved.
This happened on April 14. The police were called, and a case of kidnapping was opened.
During the investigation, the suspects called the woman again and demanded money and goods to secure the victim’s safe release.
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According to the Bronkhorstspruit police, an agreement to hand over the ransom was made with the kidnappers.
A police operation was set up, and on April 18, a task team comprised of Bronkhorstspruit detectives, Crime Prevention, Special Task Force, the K-9-unit, CIG and members of the Anti-kidnapping Task Team.
According to the police, the suspects arrived at the agreed location but got spooked and fled the scene in a blue BMW.
The police chased them to Market Street, then west towards Church Street, in the direction of Pretoria. The kidnapping victim was thrown from the BMW, and in the process, the suspects collided with two other vehicles.
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They jumped out and fled the scene of the accident, but the police gave chase and arrested a man and a wounded woman.
The Bronkhorstspruit station commander, Colonel Maqhawe Simon Dhladhla, commended the officers for arresting the suspects within a week of the kidnapping.
In the meantime, the police confirmed on Saturday May 6 that another kidnapping victim, Juca Leonardo, the owner of Pick n Pay in Bronkhorstspruit, had been reunited with his family.
Leonardo was kidnapped on April 13 after he left the shop. His car, which had two bullet holes in the front windscreen, was found abandoned near Versterpark in Bronkhorstspruit.
