On Wednesday May 2, 2018 a 13 month old baby was kidnapped in the Brackendowns area as per Cas 05/05/2018. LtCol Jordaan was the cluster duty officer on duty and was tasked with the resolution of the kidnapping. The suspects called the parents and demanded R 6 000 000 for the safe release of the child.
After an unsuccessful money drop on Thursday, May 3 2018 the PHO Trio Team was asked to assist with a money drop on Friday May 4 2018. An operational plan was put together by the team and the money drop off was observed. When the team had sight of the baby a tactical takedown of the suspects was executed.
The baby was safely returned to the father and taken to a hospital for a medical examination. 2 suspects were arrested at the drop off point. After further investigations the domestic worker from the baby’s parents home was also arrested with some of the earlier recieved ransom money. Further investigations led to the arrest of a further 2 suspects as well as the vehicle used to transport the kidnapped baby a red Nissan Sentra was also recovered. All suspects will be detained at Brackendowns SAPS and FCS Ekhuruleni West Cluster will investigate the case further.
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