| 2024/10/27 |
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Media Statement CAPE TOWN – Efforts to curb extortion in the Western Cape led to the arrests of two suspects on extortion related charges. Investigation revealed that the two suspects operated from prison, extorting their victim, who had to pay protection fees on a weekly basis. They also created a false Facebook account and used the victim’s identity to sell products of which the buyers never received the products. The two suspects, aged 23 and 24, were arrested by the Provincial Organized Crime Detectives and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates’ court on Friday, 25 October 2024. They were remanded in custody. We appeal to the public to report extortion related incidents on the Western Cape Extortion Hotline on 0800 31 4444 so that these incidents can be thoroughly investigated and perpetrators be brought to book. Ends
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