Masondo said that in the woman’s statement, given under oath, she described how on Wednesday evening her vehicle was taken by unknown men in Mohlakeng, Randfontein. She said she was put inside the boot and that the hijackers drove around with her for the better part of the evening.
“A team under the leadership of West Rand District commissioner Maj-Gen Fred Kekana, comprising of senior detectives, members of crime intelligence and other police response units, that worked throughout the night to locate the 'hijacked woman' swiftly established discrepancies in the supposed victim's statement,” he said.
Masondo said it emerged later that the woman confessed that she was never kidnapped.
“Police confiscated the car of the suspect that she alleged was hijacked and her two cellphones, including the one she claimed was taken by the 'hijackers',” he said.
He said an immediate arrest was made. The woman is expected to appear before the Protea magistrate's court on Friday.
Gauteng police commissioner Lt-Gen Elias Mawela welcomed the arrest and commended officers for paying attention to detail and swiftly poking holes in the woman's false report.
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