Durban man arrested on kiddie porn charges

Members of the Family Violence, Child Protection, and Sexual Offence Unit, based in Gauteng but operating nationally, nabbed the  suspect on Durban's Berea on Tuesday. He was investigated after police here received a tip-off from their United States’ counterparts to the effect that a male suspect from somewhere in South Africa was one of the three males communicating and soliciting sexually explicit images from a 13-year-old girl in Virginia, in the United States.

The alleged exchange between the suspect and the minor was being done through a mobile application called “KIK”.  When the team visited and searched the suspect’s residence at a block of flats, they found and seized six hard drives, six cellular phones, a USB, 22 DVD’s and CDs and a 3g card. The suspect has already appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court and he is currently out on bail. His case has been postponed to February.

Durban North mom, kids held up and hijacked

A Durban North mother and her children were victims of a car hijacking outside a business premises in Soofie Saheeb Road, Durban North on Tuesday. Blue Security says the woman had pulled up outside the business premises at about 9.10am when three armed men hijacked her of her white Mercedes. They forced the woman and her kids out of the car before fleeing in the vehicle. The victims were not injured during the incident and ran into the business premises for assistance. Police later managed to recover the vehicle in Westville.

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