Hillcrest SAPS communications officer, Cst Ndumiso Manqele said the driver picked up two men on the main road near the Watercrest Mall.
“One passenger said he was going to Durban, but wanted to fetch something from his house first and the driver drove towards the direction they gave him. The driver realised that there was something wrong and he then pressed the panic button. The C-track agent kept phoning him and the driver cut the calls. They stopped at a house in Crestholme and both men pulled out guns and pointed it at the driver and instructed him to get into the boot,” said Cst Manqele.
“The driver told police that he could hear the men’s conversation and they were speaking to someone on the phone asking where the tracker was. The men managed to find the tracker and ripped it out without knowing that the car was fitted with two trackers,” he said.
“The driver’s phone rang again and one of the men answered the call and told the agent that everything was okay, but failed to provide his name and his cellphone number,” added Cst Manqele.
