Kamogelo Baukudi( 19)  was collected by Daniel Malebatso in a Suzuki Ertiga at Martie du Plessis School to be dropped off at home on June 5. On their way home, Malebatso and the grade 11 pupil were stopped by a white Toyota Hilux GD-6 Double Cab alleging that the Suzuki is being used to deliver drugs.

Malebatso mentioned that two males wearing South African Police Service (SAPS) uniforms and the other wearing blue tracksuits. According to Malebatso, the Hilux has blue lights fitted on the grill and what seemed to be a police radio inside.  It was then that the alleged police officer accused Malebatso of delivering drugs while separating Malebatso from Baukudi. The suspects instructed Daniel to drive at the front whilst they followed from behind to the Park Road Police Station.

Malebatso recalled that one of the two suspects spoke Sesotho fluently and mentioned the name “Thipe,” Both Malebatso and Baukudi’s phones were found under the bridge on Ferreira Road.

Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane has confirmed that a case docket of kidnapping and impersonating the police has been opened at Parkweg Police Station.

“Any member of the public who might have information that can help the police to find Kamogelo Baukudi; and might have seen the vehicles while in Vereeniging Drive is requested to contact Captain Sabata Jafta Moseme at 082 5262 713,” Covane concluded.