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THE TERRACE AT D’ARIA: MANAGER ESCAPES; TWO ARRESTED
Kidnap ordeal at midnight ESMÉ ERASMUS
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n a dramatic turn of events, the manager of The Terrace Restaurant at D’Aria on Tygerberg Valley Road outside Durbanville was robbed at knifepoint on Friday night just after midnight. He was kidnapped and driven around before he could escape. Two suspects were arrested. The manager had already locked up the premises at about 00:05 on Saturday 5 September and was already at his car, a Hyundai Atos, to go home when he was threatened by two men. The men were armed
with a knife. They forced him to open the restaurant again and open the safe. They took R6 000 cash out of the safe, said Capt Marchell Rhode, spokesperson of the Durbanville police. The men then took the manager’s car, forced him into the back seat and drove with him in the direction of Dunoon informal settlement. They then ordered him to phone his employer and tell him to pay a ransom, before he could be released. According to information received, the manager could not get an answer at that time of night and the suspects continued to
drive around in the hope to get an answer later. The suspects later drove in the direction of Kuils River, where the manager managed to jump out of the car near the police station. He reported the incident at the police station and was taken to Durbanville police station, where the charge was laid. The manager’s car was later found parked in Greenville in Fisantekraal. According to Rhode the police monitored the car and saw a suspect in the car at about 03:00. They arrested the man. Another suspect was arrested at about 05:00 and some of the money was recovered.
The two suspects will appear on charges of business robbery, hijacking, kidnapping and extortion in the Bellville magistrate’s court this week. According to a spokesperson of The Terrace, they already had 24-hour security on the farm before the robbery, but have sharpened it even more. “The suspects knew the farm and was opportunistic and managed to get past our security,” he said. According to him they now hired a private security company, which will accompany the manager when he closes the premises at night.