Police arrest Mpumalanga woman who ‘faked’ being hijacked
Her husband and another man will appear alongside her in court.
A woman was arrested in Secunda yesterday, December 21, for allegedly opening a false hijacking case.
According to police, the woman claimed that she had been hijacked at about 04:00 on December 18 while on her way to a petrol station.
She told the police that men in a silver VW Polo stopped her and then forced her out of her vehicle, a red Mazda CX3, at gunpoint.
The woman opened a case at Secunda Police Station, but during the cops’ investigation, they noticed things were not adding up.
The police followed up on information and recovered the vehicle at a house in Secunda where it was being stripped.
Police believe that the woman colluded with the hijackers to stage a false hijacking.
She was arrested along with her husband and another man. The trio is expected to appear in the Secunda Magistrate’s Court today.
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