Chemistry student kidnapped to make drugs – former police official jailed
A former Freestate police official has been sentenced to 16 years in jail for kidnapping a University of the Freestate chemistry student and forcing the victim to manufacture drugs.
SAPS spokesperson Captain Christopher Singo said the former police official who was attached to the Protection and Security Services (PSS), Moleboheng Prec...
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