This week, KwaZulu-Natal police swooped on a premises in Bloemfontein and arrested two men believed to be behind the kidnapping and extortion of a 60-year-old Durban businessman. The gang, who had held him hostage for seven days, had demand a R10m ransom for his release.
“He was held hostage for seven days when the family received a ransom demand of R10 million for his release from the suspects after the kidnapping.
She said the two suspects were expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, on charges of kidnapping and extortion. The men had kidnapped a 24-year-old Indian national, from a parking lot in the Durban CBD, and held him hostage before demanding his family pay ransom. Among the more high-profile cases, Mohammed Noor Karriem, the owner of Giant Sweets & Sweets for Africa, remains missing after he was kidnapped in 2019.
“The reason they often target foreigners is that they know that many of these businessmen prefer to deal with cash and they don't like banking all their money, for a variety of reasons. They also know that these communities are less likely to go to the police,” he said.
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