The police today rescued a hijacked taxi driver from the trunk of the vehicle he had been driving.
In a statement, the police said that Joshua Singh who was rescued from the car was questioned and he related to the ranks that he was at Shamo Taxi Base on Vryheid’s Lust Railway Embankment, ECD, working his uncle’s motorcar PSS 2705. While he was seated in the driver’s seat of the car he was approached by three of the suspects – one of whom pointed a gun at him and ordered him out of the car.
The police said that he was afraid for his life and so he complied and the men ordered him into the trunk of the car and locked him in there. He further related that the car drove off heading west on the said Railway Embankment Road. The car later stopped and he heard talking, then it continued to drive and later he heard the car hit something and thereafter he heard loud explosions suspected to be gunshots. Rank also recovered from the motorcar, eight cellular phones, 1 Laptop computer and a female purse.
The police said that they chased the vehicle from Agricola to Hunter Street going towards Mandela Avenue at which point it crashed into a barrier. Four men exited the vehicle and there was a shootout with the police.
The police said that Rawle Franklin, a known character to the police was seen lying on the northern parapet bleeding from injuries, while his accomplice, Andrew Newyear was seen lying in a yard with injuries. The two other suspects were found by ranks of the Anti-Crime Patrol hiding in a yard. The police also recovered a 9MM pistol along with a magazine containing 3 live 9MM rounds.
