More arrests made in Mmeli Ngcobo kidnapping case

More arrests made in Mmeli Ngcobo kidnapping case

Police have arrested two more suspects linked to the kidnapping of Durban schoolboy, Mmeli Mgcobo. 

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"Two suspects aged 22 and 37 were arrested yesterday [Wednesday] and will appear today at Ntuzuma Magistrate's Court facing Kidnapping case," says SAPS spokesperson Thembeka Mbele. 


Mbele says more arrested are expected in the case. 


17-year-old Mmeli was outside his Newlands East school in February when he was abducted by three people.

 

Investigators say he'd been accused of stealing a classmate's phone. 


Since his kidnapping, one suspect's been charged


In May, police released the identikits of a man and a woman who they believed could help them solve the case. 

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