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A 28-year-old man from Soweto staged his own kidnapping for R100,000. Gauteng police swiftly apprehended him and three accomplices in Dobsonville.
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The alleged victim was with the suspected extortionist when police raided a house in Concordia. During the operation, a .32 caliber revolver, ammunition, and a cell phone were seized. The investigation suggests that the two men faked the young man's kidnapping to extort $25,000 from his mother, who lives in Monte Caseros.