A woman kidnapped during a hijacking in Midrand on Tuesday, March 28, has been found in the boot of her white Mercedes-Benz in Heuweloord.
Afriforum Centurion said in a statement on its Facebook page that the Mercedes had been abandoned around 21:30 on the corner of Silkyoak and Blackwhittle streets.
It said residents reported that an unconfirmed number of men fled in a white Audi after abandoning the Mercedes.
“AfriForum Centurion branch neighbourhood watch members, CPF members, Monitor Net and Scorpion response officers reacted immediately and were quickly on the scene. They also called the SAPS Wierdabrug.”
Afriforum said the woman was found in the boot.
“She was badly traumatised, but thankful that she got out unscathed. She was escorted safely to her residence later that evening under the supervision of members at the scene,” the statement read.
Wierdabrug police spokesperson Divine Nkuna said that her station had no record of the crime.
However, Andre De Bruyn, chairperson of Afriforum Centurion said the woman had refused for her vehicle to be impounded for evidence gathering.
Police told her that she should open a case when possible.
“It was very traumatising and she just wanted to get back home,” said De Bruyn.
In a separate incident last week Friday, Wierdabrug police said they received a report about a white Toyota bakkie that was hijacked in Raslouw.
The incident happened at around 13:00.
Spokesperson Constable Lwando Ntlebi said that the bakkie’s driver was stopped by three men in another white bakkie with seemingly blue police lights.
A man got out of the bakkie and ordered the victim at gunpoint to get out of his vehicle and get into the back of his own bakkie.
Ntlebi said that the victim was later dropped off elsewhere.
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