A Cape Town lawyer who was allegedly kidnapped on Friday, has
been rescued by police after a successful manhunt.
According to Western Cape
police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi the traumatised victim was
found a day later in Klawer, about 300km from his Bellville home.
He added that the lawyer's wife reported her husband missing
after he failed to return from work. Bellville detectives were deployed after
consultation with the missing person's business associate and secretary and they
visited the offices.
Swartbooi said, officers found the office was in "many ways
disturbed" and certain items were missing. He added that they found a file
on the desk which would be of vital importance in their investigation as it
gave direct links to pursue.
A manhunt was launched immediately I efforts to locate the
missing person which the l3ed the police to the address of a woman in Yale
Road, Behlar, who had visited the practice the previous day.
According to a witnesses, who were questioned
in the vicinity, placed the female at the crime scene when they confirmed that
she was driving a white motor vehicle, believed to be the victim's motor
vehicle, with an unknown man and two occupants.
The Klawer police spotted the vehicle at an address in their
policing precinct and entered the house where they rescued the missing person
who was traumatised.
Three people were arrested on a kidnapping charge which are two
women and a man.
They are expected to appear in the Bellville Magistrate's Court
soon.
Done by: Sibulele Stuurman
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