Nigerian kidnapping syndicate remanded in custody. Image: Pixabay.
Teen kidnapped in Merebank escapes from shipping container
A Merebank teen was reportedly approached by three men who covered his face and pulled him into a vehicle and kidnapped him.
Nigerian kidnapping syndicate remanded in custody. Image: Pixabay.
Wentworth police say parents and guardians need to accompany their children in the mornings to ensure they are safe after a 16-year-old teen boy from Merebank in KwaZulu-Natal was kidnapped while waiting for transport.
The young boy was waiting for transport on Basil February Road in Wentworth around 07:30 on 16 May when he was approached by three men who reportedly covered his face and pulled him into a vehicle.
TEEN KIDNAPPED IN MEREBANK LIVES TO TELL THE TALE
According to Southlands Sun, the teen was kept in a shipping container for a day before he managed to escape.
Following his escape, a good Samaritan told the boy that he was in Jacobs and also helped him to get home.
Captain Mbuso Gumede, spokesperson for the Wentworth police station said no arrests have been made and further urged parents and guardians to be extra vigilant at all times.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR FAKE KIDNAPPING
In April this year a woman appeared before the Verulam Magistrate’s Court after she staged her fake kidnapping and demanded ransom from her businessman husband. Police received a complaint of a woman allegedly kidnapped on Clay Field Drive in Phoenix.
South African Police Service (SAPS) spokesperson in KwaZulu-Natal, Colonel Robert Netshiunda, said it was reported that the woman had left the business premises to use a restroom at her home a short distance from the business premises.
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A few moments later, her husband received a phone call from her, reporting that she was kidnapped, and pleaded with him to deposit an undisclosed amount of money for her release.
Later the husband received another call from a man who threatened to hurt the woman if the money was not paid.
Netshiunda said shrewd police investigations revealed that the 47-year-old had faked her kidnapping and was duly charged with perjury.
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