The Cape Town businessman who was taken on Thursday was dropped off at a police station by the kidnappers, who sped off without being detected.
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This is according to the SAPS after a 26-year-old man, Muneeb Ismail, was taken from Silversands Motor Spares in Blue Downs on Thursday afternoon during an incident that was captured on CCTV cameras.
In the footage, three suspects are seen walking the victim out of the shop and getting into a white Mercedes Benz.
According to police spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Pojie, the assailants left Ismail at Harare SAPS a matter of hours after the abduction.
‘Police management in the Western Cape are relieved to confirm that the 26-year-old kidnapped man who was taken from a business in Nooiensfontein Road, Silversands on Thursday, March 23, was reunited with his family after being dropped off by his assailants at the Harare police station at about 9.45pm,’ he said.
‘Information gathered from the victim and the circumstances surrounding his ordeal form part of the ongoing investigation.’
He confirmed that the victim sustained bruises to his body and was taken for medical assessment upon being reunited with his loved ones.
‘No arrest has been made and investigations continue.’
Last week, Pojie told the Weekend Argus that the suspects asked for the owner of Silversands Motor Spare before taking Ismail.
‘Seasoned detectives attached to the Western Cape Provincial Detectives were assigned to probe the kidnapping of a 26-year-old businessman at a business premises in Nooiensfontein Road in Silversands.’
‘Preliminary investigation suggested that three armed men entered the premises, looking for the owner who was not at the shop at the time. They then got hold of the 26-year-old victim and forced him into a white Mercedes Benz that was parked outside the shop in which they fled the scene.’
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