Staff Reporter.
A Mozambican national and his friend were rescued from following a kidnapping ordeal in Heidelberg, Gauteng.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says Jahyr Abdula and his friend were kidnapped on 15 October.
“The pair had just entered Johannesburg from Mozambique in a three-vehicle motorcade when they were pulled over by their captors who were driving a blue BMW sedan fitted with blue lights and sirens.”
Mathe said police managed to arrest one suspect.
“SAPS Crime Intelligence, the DPCI, Special Task Force, SAPS Airwing, SAPS JHB flying squad and security companies successfully pounced on an identified address and rescued the traumatized and malnutritioned victim.”
She adds that the victim were held for 37 days.
“The national commissioner has recently sanctioned a new intervention to addressing kidnappings and has hailed the team’s persistent efforts, through this intervention, in rescuing the kidnapped victim who had been in captivity for 37 days.”
A manhunt is still underway to arrest the remaining kidnappers.