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Hijacking Victim With Concealed Phone Alerts Help From Inside Car Boot

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A quick-thinking hijacking victim was able to call for help, using a concealed phone, after being bundled into the boot of his car by armed hijackers on Sunday in Adams Road, south of Durban.

“The incident began when the off-duty law-enforcement officer was confronted by three armed hijackers whilst sitting in his car about to visit family in Adams Road in Amanzimtoti on Sunday. The three suspects had approached him and, at gunpoint, forced him into the boot of his car. At the time the victim had no idea where they were headed because he was inside the boot of his vehicle. Unbeknown to him the suspects were driving towards Umbumbulu,” said Blue Security community and media liaison officer, Andreas Mathios.

“As the victim had had the presence of mind to conceal his cellphone before he was forced into the boot, he was able to make a phone call to associates at a tracking company. The associates quickly escalated the incident to the police and information was circulated on the security network and a manhunt began. Due to technology the tracking company was able to pinpoint a GPS location and various law-enforcement role-players raced to the Umbumbulu area,” he said.

“Meanwhile the victim feared for his life during the journey as he could hear the suspects, inside the car, plotting to kill him. He was subjected to being thrown around while stuck inside the boot as the vehicle was being driven at high speed over some rough terrain before the suspects eventually crashed the car in some bush near the river,” said Mathios.

“The suspects abandoned the vehicle after the crash and disappeared into the bushy riverbed shortly before help arrived. The victim was extremely traumatised after the incident and sustained a hip injury due to being thrown about in the boot of his car during the journey over rough terrain,” he said.

“The tracking company, SAPS, and various other security providers were present at the crash scene and investigations are continuing into the incident,“ he said.
Mathios commended the tracking company for its highly efficient team and the professional manner in which it had handled the situation.

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