A 34-year-old man suspected of kidnapping was arrested in Cape Town after officials traced him all the way from the Eastern Cape.
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Ali Rizwan was apprehended following a joint operation by enforcement agencies from the Eastern and Western Cape. “The members of the Eastern Cape Kidnapping Task Team assisted by the Western Cape SOCI (EPR) conducted a tracing operation in Kensington, Cape Town,” says Captain Yolisa Mgolodela, Eastern Cape spokesperson for the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks). “A warrant of arrest for the suspect was already issued regarding kidnapping cases that had taken place in the Eastern Cape. The suspect was found at the address in Kensington and was arrested.” He was initially sought by the Eastern Cape Kidnapping Task Team.
IOL reports that a 9mm pistol with 15 rounds of ammunition was found upon a search of Rizwan’s room. “Preliminary investigations revealed that the pistol was reported missing in Maclear in November 2022,” says Mgolodela.
Rizwan appeared in the Cape Magistrates’ Court on Monday on charges of illegal possession of a firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. His formal bail application has been remanded to April 3. Until then, Rizwan will be in custody while in transit to the Eastern Cape.
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