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‘Police used grabber illegally’

Electronic surveillance device tracked hijackers, one of whom police killed while freeing the victim

ONE of the men who allegedly hijacked and kidnapped a Transnet employee and demanded a R50 000 ransom from his girlfriend was killed by police, who were said to have used a grabber to illegally track him and his cohorts last week.

An internal police report seen by

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