A man was hijacked on the N17 near Endicott last Tuesday evening, says Springs Police spokesperson Capt Johannes Ramphora.
The complainant was driving a Toyota Dakar double-cab bakkie when an unknown vehicle with blue lights stopped him from behind.
Three suspects approached him and one of them was wearing a police reflector jacket.
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The suspect wearing a reflector jacket was armed with a gun and opened the driver’s door and the two suspects on the opposite side of the car opened other doors and pushed the victim to the back seat.
One of the suspects got in the driver’s seat and the other one sat with the victim at the back.
The suspect with the firearm went back to their vehicle, made a u-turn and drove with the victim, and while driving the victim was searched.
The victim had R22 000 in his pocket and R8 000 in the cubby-hole.
They stopped in a bush next to Bongane Primary School and pulled the victim out of the vehicle, with his hands tied together.
He tried to run but they caught him and brought him back. The victim saw a white man who was also lying down with his hands tied. He was then placed next to the white man with another suspect watching them.
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There were more suspects at that time and the victim noticed there was another bakkie the suspects were also busy with.
After a while, the suspects left them there and drove away with the vehicles.
The other victim had a knife in his pocket and asked the complainant to take it out. The complainant managed to cut the cable ties from both of them and they walked towards the R29 next to Kwazenzele. They got a lift to the police station.
The value of the complainant’s vehicle is R500 000 and no shots were fired nor reported.
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