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Police arrested 25 in Maputo over kidnappings this year – Lusa | Watch
12:13 CAT | 13 Jul 2022
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The authorities in Mozambique have arrested 25 people in Maputo this year on suspicion of involvement in kidnappings in the country’s capital, a source from the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) announced on Tuesday.
“Of the total, 24 are in preventive detention and only one was released upon payment of bail,” said Hilário Lole, SERNIC spokesman in Maputo city.
Lole was speaking at a press conference yesterday to present two men arrested for their alleged involvement in five kidnappings in the last two years in the Mozambican capital.
In addition to the kidnappings, the detainees were also wanted by the police for “stealing cars in South Africa,” which were sold in several regions of southern Africa, Lole said.
Miramar reports that only two of the five kidnap victims in question have been released.
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Some Mozambican cities, mainly the provincial capitals, have again been plagued since 2020 by a wave of kidnappings, targeting mainly businesspeople or their relatives.
In an assessment on crime presented at the beginning of May, the Mozambican Attorney General said that kidnapping crimes have been increasing, and criminal groups have cross-border ramifications, maintaining cells in countries such as South Africa.
On the other hand, the PGR has already admitted the involvement of magistrates, lawyers and police investigators in preparing kidnappings.
Source: Lusa / Miramar
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