Three Ekurhuleni metro cops arrested for kidnapping

EKURHULENI - Three Ekurhuleni Metro Police officers have been arrested for the alleged abduction of a Benoni supermarket owner.

It is alleged that the three officers from the Boksburg Truck Hijackings unit abducted the owner in July last year, and confiscated cigarettes worth R25,000.

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They demanded money and a cellphone from the owner, before releasing him near a freeway.

The officers apparently filed false statements about the incident.

They face charges of theft, kidnapping, extortion and defeating the ends of justice.