SAPS foil kidnapping
It is reported that the suspect who was shot and killed had recently been released from prison.
A suspect was fatally wounded and nine were arrested in Ivory Park after the police foiled the attempted kidnapping of a Benoni businessman on November 26.
According to provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Amanda van Wyk, a team comprising members of the SAPS Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Crime Intelligence, Gauteng Highway Patrol, the Local Criminal Record Centre, the SAPS Ivory Park, Gauteng Traffic, the JMPD and private security companies, acted on information about an attempt to kidnap a Benoni businessman.
“The syndicate was intercepted, during which one suspect attempted to evade arrest. He opened fire on the members, who retaliated and fatally wounded the suspect. Nine more suspects were arrested,” said Van Wyk.
It was reported that the deceased was recently released from prison.
“Police seized three firearms and a vehicle, all of which were positively linked to other criminal cases,” added van Wyk.
The suspects will soon appear in court.
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