Watch fake police officers’ failed hijacking attempt

Mike Gallagher

Jan 23, 2015 - 14:13

Jan 23, 2015 - 14:17

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Watch fake police officers’ failed hijacking attempt

Dramatic footage filmed by woman who thought she was watching police arrest a woman… only to realise it was a KIDNAPPING when the victim tried to escape in South Africa

A terrifying kidnap attempt carried out by men posing as police has been caught on camera by a woman who thought she was recording a police arrest.

The dramatic footage shows a couple being pulled over by a carload of men wearing bullet proof vests, police uniforms and carrying assault rifles in Pretoria, South Africa.

The witness, who is parked around 50m away, starts off recording the encounter and questioning why the police have drawn their weapons.

'It's not right, it's not right,' the witness says. 'She probably doesn't even understand what is happening. What are they doing?

'Look, they have guns out and everything. She is probably so scared they're going to end up shooting her or something. You can't fight the police like that.

She then suggests: 'Maybe they're not real police.'

Just after the victim is bundled into the back of her own black SUV, the second victim can be seen climbing out of the kidnappers' white BMW.

Despite his shirt being to off his back by a captor trying to hold him, he manages to flee.

Then the woman herself jumps from the SUV and starts running directly towards the witness' parked car.

By this stage, the kidnappers' ruse was completely blown and the witness calls the police.

In a panic, she can be heard saying to the emergency responder: 'Oh my god it's a bad emergency.

'There's these Chinese people and these cars and this lady is running and the police have their guns out... But I don't know if they're real police, because they're taking the car.'

The recording ends with the victim banging on the door of the witness' car in a desperate plea for help.

Police later recovered bulletproof vests, police reflector jackets, a blue light and two R5 rifles in the abandoned black BMW 30km away from the scene, Pretoria East Rekord reported.