Police national spokesperson Colonel Athlenda Mathe said 34-year-old Luqman Kazi was kidnapped while he was on his way to work on Tuesday. Following the kidnapping, a multidisciplinary team was assembled to rescue the victim and apprehend the kidnappers. “During a midnight take down operation on Thursday 17 March 2022, the team simultaneously pounced on four identified addresses. At the first address in Lawley, police found and rescued the victim, seized a 9mm unlicenced firearm and arrested three suspects,” said Mathe.

“At the other addresses in Lenasia, the team arrested three more suspects which include a 43-year-old Mozambican national believed to be the mastermind behind a number of kidnapping cases in Gauteng.” Police have seized R6 million cash during an intensive operation of rescuing Luqman Kazi, a Gauteng businessman who was kidnapped while he was on his way to work on Tuesday.