Police rescue kidnapped Portuguese national
Police have rescued a Portuguese national who was kidnapped on Monday in Bramley, Johannesburg.
The SAPS National Ant-Kidnapping Task Team found the 53-year-old
in Kempton Park unharmed yesterday.
Police have arrested nine suspects in connection with the
kidnapping. No ransom amount was paid for the kidnapping.
Police spokesperson, Brigadier Athlenda Mathe, says it is
disappointing that one of the suspects is a police officer.
"The Anti-Kidnapping Task Team pounced on the address
where the businessman had been kept in Kempton Park and arrested four men and a
woman. At another identified address in Hillbrow, two women and a man were also
arrested," she said.
In addition, a 41-year-old police officer was arrested at
his place of work.
Mathe added that the kidnapping syndicate is believed to
have been involved in at least five kidnapping cases in which Portuguese
businessmen were targeted.
"They would demand ransom payments from the victims'
families. No ransom payment was made at the time when police rescued the
victim," said Mathe.
Done by: Alungile Njemla
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