Cops rescue man from hijacked car

The Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) scared off hijackers stripping a vehicle with the driver inside the boot in Winterveldt over the weekend.

- Marizka Coetzer

TMPD spokesperson Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba warned residents to avoid buying cars on social media, especially in the Winterveldt area.

Mahamba warned that criminals were using social media platforms to lure and rob people.

“TMPD’s task team members in region 1 sector 1 recovered a hij acked vehicle after a complaint about a VW vehicle hij acked in the Klipgat area.

“The task team members located the vehicle abandoned in Winterveldt and the driver was found in the boot of the car,” he said.