A high school pupil who, with a friend, allegedly faked his own kidnapping in a bid to make his parents pay a R7,000 ransom got himself arrested instead and will appear in court on Monday.
The father received several messages from his son's number but there was no answer when he called back. Stock photo.A high school pupil who, with a friend, allegedly faked his own kidnapping in a bid to make his parents cough up a R7,000 ransom got himself arrested instead and will appear in court on Monday.The pupil, aged 20 from Limpopo, left for school about 3km from home on Friday morning but failed to return as expected.
“The matter was immediately reported to the police and a case of kidnapping was opened. Immediate action was taken by deploying a special team that included the SAPS hostage negotiators, for thorough investigation and possible arrest of the culprits. Investigation revealed that the victim was in Tafelkop under Motetema policing area,” said Mojapelo.
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