The Gauteng Organised Crime Investigation team apprehended three men between the ages of 35 and 46 in connection of a hijacking, extortion and possession of unlicensed firearms on Wednesday, 03 April 2024 at Jeppe, Johannesburg District.
The victim of a hijacking that occured on Monday, 01 April 2024 alerted the police about the incident and further mentioned that the suspects demanded one thousand rand to get back his driver’s licence, the victim gave them the money. After two days he received a call from the suspects demanding eighty thousand rand to release his motor vehicle.
The Organised Crime Investigation team set an entrapment and on Wednesday, the first suspect was arrested and positively identified as the hijacker. Through investigation the police managed to arrest two more suspects, recovered two pistols and multiple car keys at Jeppe Hostel.
The trio will appear before the Johannesburg Magistrates Court on Friday, 05 April 2024.
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