GAUTENG. – A missing victim of a spiking attack (spiking) on the N4 highway in Pretoria was found alive on one September by a security company's drone. He had been dragged approximately one kilometre off the road into the bushes.
ProShield Security said in a social media post that on the evening of the incident the service provided assistance after it was reported that at least six armed suspects had dragged a victim into the surrounding bushes. One victim was safe according to ProShield. An aerial search of the surrounding field and bushes was begun by the ProShield drone team together with police. The missing victim was spotted by the drone, after which the pilot guided police officers on the ground to his exact location. The victim was found alive and unharmed.
Police officers from Sinoville police, main road patrols, dog units from Tshwane and Soshanguve, ProShield Security, Prosec Security and Tracker SA were involved in the operation. According to ProShield the incident is part of a concerning increase in spikingattacks on the N1 and N4 highways, where motorists are targeted and then robbed or subjected to other violent crimes. ProShield said it is working with police and other security services to discuss a coordinated operational response to the attacks.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
