Cops confident of putting away alleged kidnapping kingpin

Faizel Charloos, rearrested after fleeing from court this week, said to be linked to a slew of abduction cases

06 April 2025 - 00:00

A man believed to be one of South Africa’s biggest kidnapping kingpins, who was rearrested on Wednesday in Bela-Bela after fleeing from a Johannesburg court on Tuesday, has been linked to at least three other kidnapping cases...

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