Wanted international criminal shot & killed in Kempton Park. Image: SABC
(The Post News) – The South African Police Service (SAPS) anti-kidnapping on Thursday morning rescued a kidnapped Indian businessman in Alexandra. He has been missing for more than a month. The businessman was found in Alexandra in a shack.
“His rescue follows a shooting in which the alleged mastermind behind his kidnapping was shot and killed during confrontation with police officers near the R21 in Kempton Park on Wednesday evening,” said police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe.
The suspect who goes by the nickname “Dollarman” was a wanted kidnapping kingpin in both SA and in Mozambique. According to the police, the kingpin was on Sernic which is Mozambique’s wanted persons database where he was wanted for several kidnapping for ransom cases.
In South Africa, Mathe said he was linked to at least five kidnapping for ransom cases as well as other cases of housebreaking, carjacking and possession of unlicensed firearms. From July 2021 to date more than 337 kidnappers have been arrested by the SAPS anti-kidnapping task team and more than 146 illegal firearms have been seized in all these crime scenes.
“In the past week alone, police have arrested more than 14 773 suspects for various crimes ranging from murder to rape and at least 163 illegal firearms have seized during Operation Shanela,” added Mathe.
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