Four men arrested for kidnapping are set to appear before the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court on Monday for a formal bail application.

The suspects were arrested earlier this month after Tshwane police spotted their vehicle on the R80 highway and found a 42-year-old kidnapped victim inside.

They face multiple charges, including kidnapping, fraud, robbery with aggravating circumstances, impersonating a police officer, and unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.

On October 10, the accused, allegedly impersonating law enforcement by wearing Hawks t-shirts, stopped a vehicle that was being driven by a 42-year-old man.

They reportedly pointed a rifle, forced him out of the vehicle, handcuffed him, covered his head with a t-shirt, and abducted him in a white Golf GTI.

The Tshwane Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit (VCIU) intercepted the suspicious vehicle on the R80 highway, discovering that the registration number belonged to a different vehicle.

A search yielded an AK-47 rifle, live ammunition, police dashboard lights, cable ties, a vehicle siren, and t-shirts with police emblems. Reporting by Nonhlanhla Ntshingila

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