Sowetan reports that three security guards were kidnapped and then later dropped off on the highway early on Tuesday morning after a failed break-in at a mall in Alberton.  The suspects had tried to break in at the Baby and Company shop at West Pack Lifestyle Alberton.  

Graphite Security’s Marius Nel said five armed perpetrators tried to break into the shop around 5am.  They were armed with 9mm pistols and were carrying a bag with bolt cutters.  The crime was foiled when security guards pressed the panic button.  The guards were forced into a Jeep Cherokee and the suspects drove off as a local security company arrived.  They managed to lose the tail of the security company and dropped the three guards off on the N3 near the N17 turn-off to Johannesburg.  One of the guards was assaulted with a blow to the head and was admitted to hospital.  The other two guards were physically unharmed.

• The original of this report by Nico Gous appeared on page 8 of Sowetan of 21 February 2019

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