Two Gauteng policemen have been arrested for abducting a man from North West, police said on Sunday.
The policemen and two other men were arrested in Bakerville, near Lichtenburg on Saturday afternoon, said Captain Pelonomi Makau.
They bought two diamonds for R7 000, and on finding they were fakes, returned to confront the two sellers, he said.
"When they could not find the sellers at the house where the deal was struck, the suspects threatened and intimidated the house owner with death," Makau said, adding that they abducted him.
Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the four and seized two police service pistols.
They would appear in the Lichtenburg Magistrate's Court on Monday on charges of kidnapping and intimidation.
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