Police have confirmed that Mark Ramos (49), who was kidnapped outside his workplace in Florida last week, has been rescued.
According to a statement released just after noon today, July 2, the police’s anti-kidnapping task team together with other law enforcement agencies and private security companies, worked around the clock to find Ramos safe and unharmed.
Police say they managed to successfully trace the victim to a home in Snake Park, Soweto, where he was held captive by his kidnappers on Monday night.
“On the same evening, members also arrested one of his captors in Turffontein, Johannesburg,” the statement reads.
• Read the initial article here: JUST IN: Kidnapped businessman rescued
“The 39-year-old suspect is believed to belong to a syndicate that is responsible for at least four other kidnappings of businessmen in the Johannesburg District.”
The Roodepoort Record has seen an internal report that states two of the other kidnappings also occurred in the Roodepoort area, one in 2023, and another in May.
Police say that the team is currently in the process of tracing further suspects believed to be part of the syndicate.
Watch this space for more as this story develops.
