The Hawks in the Eastern Cape have confirmed that businessman, Hilton Wicks, 24, who was allegedly kidnapped on Friday near his home in Nqanqarhu (formerly Maclear), was released in the early hours of Monday.
Eastern Cape biokineticist Riana Pretorius, who was allegedly kidnapped outside a medical practice on Thursday last week, was found unharmed in the early hours of Friday, police have confirmed.
As the search for a young Gqeberha woman continues after she was kidnapped from outside her workplace on Thursday, police have confirmed that a second person has been arrested and that a R2m ransom demand was made to the family.