Tshwane Metro Police Department’s Region 1 Task Team Unit responded to a tip-off in Mabopane, Winterveld. Two male victims were hijacked and kidnapped after falling for a Facebook scam involving a fake Audi A4 sale.
The victims were ambushed at gunpoint, forced to transfer R77,000, but were later rescued unharmed. Three suspects were arrested for hijacking, kidnapping, and extortion.
In a separate incident, TMPD officers and a tracking company recovered a stolen vehicle in Ga-Rankuwa after a female victim was hijacked.