False kidnap: Woman arrested
2006-11-01 07:15
Durban - A woman who claimed her car had been stolen and a friend kidnapped was arrested on Tuesday in Nongoma, said KwaZulu-Natal police.
Captain Vusi Mbatha said the woman originally had claimed that she and a friend were in her Nissan Almeira on their way to a funeral when they were hijacked by three men last Saturday.
Mbatha said that investigations had subsequently revealed that the woman had never owned a car and that there was no kidnapping.
He said the woman had been arrested and charged with fraud and perjury.
She was expected to appear in court shortly.
- SAPA