A truck driver was hijacked on Welgedacht Road last Wednesday afternoon after his boss was deceived into sending him to collect a load of cargo.
After the driver arrived along Marsh Street, he met up with the two men who had initially called his boss.
The men climbed into the truck and directed him to the place from where the load was to be collected.
While driving, one of the men pulled out a gun, pointed it at the driver and instructed him to stop the truck.
Once the truck had stopped, the man got into the driver’s seat and drove the truck to a veld, where the driver and his assistants were forced out of the truck and tied up with cable ties.
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One of the men stayed behind to guard the driver and his assistants, while the other drove away with the truck.
After a few hours, the man returned to collect his accomplice and untied the driver and his assistants, before fleeing.
The driver then went to a private company’s security office to phone the police.
The hijacked truck is a white Nissan UD, registration JR56WRGP, and is valued at R400 000.
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