Cop among nine 'kidnapping syndicate' members arrested in Joburg
Nine suspects, including a police officer, have been arrested for running a suspected kidnapping syndicate targeting Portuguese businessmen.
The syndicate is alleged to be involved in at least five kidnapping cases where Portuguese businessmen were targeted for ransom payments from victims' families.
The latest victim was kidnapped outside his business premises in Bramley on Monday evening.
Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe says he has since been rescued and reunited with his family.
"The 53-year-old businessman was found safe and unharmed by the SAPS National Anti-Kidnapping Task Team at a house in Kempton Park on Tuesday afternoon.
"A total of nine suspects have so far been arrested.
"The Anti-Kidnapping Task Team pounced on the address where the businessman had been kept in Kempton Park and arrested four men and a woman.
"At another identified address in Hillbrow, two women and a man were also arrested," says Mathe.
Mathe says the 41-year-old police officer was arrested at his place of work.
She says no ransom payment was made by the time police rescued the victim.
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