Mpumalanga ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ nabbed for fake kidnapping
A Grade 12 couple in Mpumalanga were arrested on Friday after allegedly demanding a ransom of R1 million during a fake kidnapping.
Provincial police spokesperson Leonard Hlathi says a missing person’s report was filed at the Bushbuckridge Police Station after the girl's mother received a message demanding money.
But a week later police received information that the two 20-year-old's were seen together.
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"Police investigation closed in on the boyfriend, whom it is alleged that he colluded with the girlfriend and they used the girl’s cellphone with a different sim card to send the message to her mother,” says Hlathi.
"Police received information about the duo being seen together since her disappearance. They were both found at the place of the boyfriend’s friend and were arrested."
The boyfriend was found in possession of the sim card used to text the mother.
The couple has been charged with defeating the ends of justice and will appear at the Bushbuckridge Magistrates Court on Monday.
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