The driver of a tow truck was hijacked on Wednesday afternoon.
This is after he was called out to Wright Park to tow a vehicle.
Springs police spokesperson Capt Johannes Ramphora said when the driver arrived at the address, there was no vehicle to be towed.
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The driver contacted his manager to inform him of the situation when a man appeared and asked the driver if he was there to tow a car.
Another man then climbed into the tow truck and pointed a gun at the driver.
The driver was forced out of the truck, where a cloth was put in his mouth and his hands were tied together.
He was covered with a blanket and shoved into a vehicle that two other accomplices had arrived in.
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The driver was also robbed of his cellphone and money.
He was left at a vacant house in the area.
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