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Police have launched a manhunt for missing 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi after he was allegedly kidnapped.
- Free State police are searching for 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi, who was allegedly abducted by two men impersonating police officers.
- The men were driving a white Toyota Hilux with blue lights and a siren when they allegedly stopped Baukudi and a family friend, Daniel Malebatso.
- Baukudi was allegedly separated from Malebatso, and their cellphones were later found abandoned under a bridge.
Free State police have launched a manhunt for 19-year-old Kamogelo Baukudi, who was allegedly abducted by two men who pretended to be police officers on Thursday.
Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane said the incident unfolded shortly after Baukudi, a Grade 11 pupil at Martie Du Plessis Special Needs School in Fichardt Park, was picked up as usual by a family friend, Daniel Malebatso.
Covane said Baukudi was reportedly driving the Suzuki Ertiga when they left the school.
While travelling along Vereeniging Drive in Ehrlich Park, a white Toyota Hilux GD-6 double cab fitted with blue lights and with a police siren blaring stopped them.
“Inside the Toyota Hilux, there were two unknown male persons, one wearing a police uniform and the other a blue tracksuit,” Covane said.
“According to the complainant [Malebatso], the suspects’ bakkie was fitted with blue lights on the grill and what looked like a police radio inside.”
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Covane said the man wearing the police uniform accused Baukudi and Malebatso of being involved in drug transportation using the Suzuki Ertiga.
He said the men ordered Malebatso to lead their convoy to Park Road police station, with Baukudi inside the vehicle with the men.
However, during the journey on Vereeniging Drive, Malebatso lost sight of them.
“Daniel alleges that a truck went between the Suzuki he was driving and the Toyota Hilux, and he never saw it again,” Covane said.
“Daniel recalls that one of the suspects was speaking Sesotho fluently and even mentioned the name ‘Thipe’.”
The cellphones of both Baukudi and Malebatso were discovered abandoned under the Ferreira Road bridge.
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Police have since opened a case of kidnapping and impersonation of police officials at Park Road police station.
Anyone with information or who might have seen the vehicles in Vereeniging Drive is urged to contact Captain Sabata Jafta Moseme on 082 5262 713.
Alternatively, information can be sent anonymously via the MySAPS App or by calling the Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
