CAPE TOWN- The seven-month-old baby boy who was taken during a car hijacking at Bishop Street in Observatory on Monday is safe and has been reunited with his mother.
Police said a hijacker fled with the baby who was in the back seat of the vehicle.
Police spokesperson Colonel Andrè Traut said police had launched an investigation.
"The circumstances surrounding a hijacking incident this morning in Bishop Street Observatory at around 10.30am are under police investigation. The suspect fled with the victim’s VW Polo with her baby inside,” he said.
Traut said the vehicle was later recovered in Voortrekker Road in Maitland.
A possible suspect has been identified.
"The immediate response by the members of the Flying Squad and the K9 Unit resulted in the vehicle being recovered in Voortrekker Road Maitland. Further investigation on the scene led the members to an address in Dellville Square in Maitland where the baby was found unharmed.
Anyone with information about the incident can anonymously contact Crime Stop at 08600 10111.
Cape Times