During a takedown operation on Thursday, 11 October 2018, in Vereeniging, the Gauteng Specific Crimes Investigation Unit and the National crime Intelligence unit intercepted a group of five suspects believed to be part of a syndicate targeting people who advertise goods on OLX.
They were arrested and police seized fake diamonds, fake drugs and counterfeit money. The suspects were arrested following several complaints of kidnapping, assault and armed robbery by several victims whom they target pretending to buy their advertised goods.
The suspects will make an appointment with the victims to purchase goods. Once they meet, will then kidnap and entrap them by putting fake diamonds and fake drugs on them. Then other suspects posing as police officers will confront the victims about diamonds and drugs and demand large some of money as a guarantee that they would not be arrested or detained.
Victims who do not cooperate will then be assaulted and kept hostage. All the suspects who are Namibian nationals were detained and are due to appear at the Vanderbijlpark Magistrate.
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