Nelspruit – A 35-year-old man linked to the hijacking and kidnapping of the former Executive Mayor of the Emalahleni Local Municipality will appear in court soon.
The expected appearance follows after the former Mayor and a family member were reportedly hijacked on Wednesday evening, 19 September 2018 at Ogies, near Witbank and kept hostage up until the early hours of the morning.
It is reported that during the hostage ordeal they were assaulted and robbed of their personal belongings as well as cash. They were later dropped around the Balmoral area and the suspects drove away in the victim’s motor vehicle.
Swift action by the police led to the recovery of the victim’s vehicle at a guesthouse at Ekangala, in the Gauteng Province as well as the subsequent arrest of the suspect in whose possession the victims’ belongings were found.
The suspect is expected to appear in Gauteng for the possession and later at Ogies, in Mpumalanga for the hijacking/kidnapping.
Police Management in the province believe that the suspect is linked with another case that took place recently at Vosman, where a police officer was hijacked and robbed of his service pistol as well as a private firearm.