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Media Statement POLOKWANE – SAPS members of Limpopo Provincial Tracking Team, apprehended four male suspects, who are taxi operators, for kidnapping, extortion and assault common, on Tuesday, 18 February 2025 at Nobody, Ga-Mothapo under Mankweng Policing area. According to information, the members were traveling around the area, when they spotted two Toyota Quantum blocking a maroon SUV. They immediately stopped their vehicle, and upon intervening, they found that a 48-year-old man who was driving a maroon SUV was attacked by the four taxi operators. The victim alleged that the taxi operators accused him of pirating as a taxi. They assaulted him, and demanded an amount of R2500 fee before he can be released. He then opened a case against the four taxi operators, aged between 30 and 48, of Mankweng Taxi Association and they were arrested on the spot. They will appear before the Mankweng Magistrate’s court soon facing charges of kidnapping, extortion and assault common. The Police investigations are ongoing. Ends
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