NEWSFLASH: Five arrested in hostage drama
Police and Bull Security team up to resolve hostage drama in Faerie Glen.
A Faerie Glen hostage drama unfolded in the east of Pretoria on Monday afternoon.
Five people were arrested for holding a family hostage, said Bull Security’s JP Griesel.
He said Bull Security responded to a call around 15:00 from a person in the Thornwood estate, Amersfoort Street, Faerie Glen.
The caller said there was a man on the roof of a unit inside the complex.
“A resident at the Thornwood estate in Faerie Glen contacted us and said a suspicious-looking man was on a roof,” Griesel said.
Bull Security and police responded to the call.
“A chopper and police were also on their way to the scene,” Griesel said.
Bull Security and police surrounded the complex and found three men holding a family hostage in a Thornwood estate unit.
Meanwhile the man who had been spotted on the roof, was found hiding in one of the units.
Outside the unit where the hostages were held, police and Bull Security found a woman waiting in a get-away car
“The five were arrested and are believed to be part of a robbery syndicate but police were still to confirm this,” Griesel said.
He said Netcare 911, Acute Trauma Assist and police responded to the hostage situation.
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