Provincial police spokesperson, Wesley Twigg says they also created a false Facebook account and used the victim’s identity to sell products. However, the buyers never received the products. The victim is a former inmate.
Twigg says the awaiting trial prisoners were appearing in court for another matter when they were arrested on charges of extortion. “The two suspects aged 23 and 24 were arrested by the Provincial Organized Crime Detectives and appeared in the Wynberg Magistrate’s court on Friday, 25 October 2024… They were remanded in custody.
We appeal to the public to report extortion related incidents on the Western Cape Extortion Hotline on 0800 31 4444 so that these incidents can be thoroughly investigated and perpetrators be brought to book,” adds Twigg. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies.