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A Jozi businessman kidnapped on July 5 at a mosque in Helderkruin, Roodepoort, was finally found and released last night.

When the police rescued the businessman on July 31 at a house in Lenasia, they also cracked down on the kidnappers, managing to arrest eight of them, including three Tanzanians.

Police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said via The Citizen that the SAPS anti-kidnapping task team has been working on the case and arrested the first two suspects last week.

Then, last night, a multidisciplinary team was led to a hotel in East Gate and two apartments in Fourways where they arrested six suspects and seized drugs suspected to be crystal meth worth R300 million, Mathe said.

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Johannesburg businessman and attorney, Ashruf Kaka, has been freed. He was found south of Johannesburg.

Kaka was kidnapped over three weeks ago on the West Rand.

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Present at the crime scene was the national police Commissioner General Fannie Masemola – along with Deputy National Commissioner for Crime Detection Lieutenant-General Shadrack Sibiya and Gauteng police Commissioner Lieutenant-General Tommy Mthombeni – who said police are hard at work in dismantling the work of transnational organised crime syndicates.

“Well done to the team. Our men and women in blue remain hard at work in taking down syndicates involved in dealing and trafficking drugs. Commendable progress has been registered in recent weeks and we owe those successes to our dedicated police officers and our partners in crime including, private security.

“We will continue to come after those who are involved in the illicit trade of drug trafficking,” said Masemola.

Mathe said that over 50 kidnappers have been arrested in the last six months across Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga and Free State.

[source:citizen]