The alleged hijacking occurred at the R102/Ottawa traffic lights at about 6:30pm on Wednesday.

A3RMED hijackers allegedly held a driver at gunpoint while they called an installer for a vehicle tracking company to help them disable the device.

The alleged hijacking occurred at the R102/Ottawa traffic lights at about 6:30pm on Wednesday.

”The three armed hijackers held a driver at gunpoint while attempting to disable a tracking device, making multiple calls for assistance before abandoning him

“They repeatedly contacted a man, believed to be an employee or installer for a vehicle tracking company, seeking telephonic assistance to locate and remove a tracking device from a hijacked vehicle while holding the driver at gunpoint,” claimed Prem Balram, head of Reaction Unit South Africa.