Ifeanyi Gregory Mgbemena and Kamogelo Mpepela, aged 34 and 23, were arrested at a house at the corner of Lavis and Koeberg roads in Milnerton on Thursday. The pair appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on charges of human trafficking.
The arrest was made thanks to the efforts of the Hawks’ Serious Organised Crime Investigation teams. The men appeared in court on Friday. They will remain in custody until December 29.
Warrant Officer Bonnie Nxumalo told News24 that it is alleged that a 22-year-old woman from Tembisa met a guy on social media and started a relationship with him. Last month, she met with the supposed boyfriend who took her to Cape Town for a ‘visit’.
The police said that the victim was taken to a house in Milnerton. Here, she was allegedly prostituted, locked up, drugged, assaulted, and raped.
The investigation is ongoing.
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