THREE young thugs kidnapped a motorist after hijacking him near Alexandra.
They drove with him to a house in Lombardy, Alexandra where they demanded his bank details and his cellphone.
The motorist was tied and left in the garage of the house.
The trio went on a shopping spree at Alexandra Mall.
But they didn’t count on the quick response of the EMPD, SAPS, a vehicle tracking company, and a bank security team.
They got the shock of their lives when cops pounced unexpectedly.The greedy suspects—all in their early twenties—were busted red-handed while paying at the till and having blown a whopping R45,000 at a clothing store inside an Alexandra mall.
The dumb thugs were busy using the victim’s phone to swipe for expensive designer clothes and sneakers.
What was supposed to be a luxury shopping spree ended in tears and handcuffs for three young thugs who thought they had scored the jackpot!
Empd spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa said the drama started on Wednesday morning, 8 July, when the suspects kidnapped their victim between Greenstone and London Road.“They grabbed his car and forced him into captivity, immediately demanding his bank details.”
Thepa said cops first found the victim’s abandoned car in Alex, but the suspects were nowhere to be found.
And at the same time the bank security team noticed a heavy bleeding of cash!
“Cops rushed to the mall and caught two of the suspects red-handed at the till, still clutching the victim’s car keys.”Thepa said the arrested suspects led cops straight to a house on Thoko Nomgoma Street in East Bank where they cornered the third suspect.
“Boxes of expensive footwear and clothing bought with the victim’s money were seized. Cops also found an unlicensed black Norinco pistol with its serial number filed off, along with a stash of ammunition.”
She said the victim was found safe and sound at a garage of a house in Lombardy.
The three suspects were taken to Alexandra Police Station.
They are facing charges of kidnapping, hijacking, extortion, and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
