Daily Sun (March 3 2014) - THE COPS raided a house and found drugs in a baby's nappy . . .Then they made a miracle discovery. THE INFANT DRUG MULE WAS A MISSING BABY!
When Brakpan cops investigated, they found that baby Minenhle Nkosi had been kidnapped a month before in Dunnotar near Nigel, Ekurhuleni.
The mother of the child, Phakamisile Nkosi (40) from Langaville in Tsakane, Ekurhuleni said when she received a call on Friday from a relative saying cops had found the baby, she couldn't believe her ears.
"I'm so happy. I feel as if God has given me a beautiful baby twice," she said.
She said it was terrible being without her child all this time.
"I couldn't sleep at night. We read about kids who are kidnapped and killed. I thought mine was also dead," she said.
Within a few hours Phakamisile and her baby girl were reunited - and Phakamisile came face to face with the woman who stole her child.
"That woman tortured my soul. I hope she just rots in jail. Although my baby has lost a lot of weight, I'm happy to see her alive," said Phakamisile. "We are going to have a big party to thank the ancestors and to welcome Minenhle back to the family."
Phakamisile described what happened on the 30 January in Dunnotar when her baby was stolen. I was walking to the church to clean the building when I noticed a man following me," she said.
"I didn't take any notice, but then he stopped in front of me and grabbed me. I saw the man going for my baby."
Phakamisile fell to the ground. A car stopped next to her and a man and a woman got out and untied the baby from her back.
"Then they jumped back into the car and drove away," said Phakamisile.
Confused and left only with her nappy bag, she screamed for help. Residents came to help her and the cops were called.
Captain Johannes Ramphora of the Springs police said when they raided the house in Brakpan they found a 23-year-old woman, her Nigerian boyfriend and a three-month-old baby.
Captain Ramphora said the woman told them she had lost her baby in December but was afraid to tell her boyfriend, fearing he would dump her.
With the help of her friends, the woman allegedly went on a mission to hunt for another baby. Ramphora said the 23-year-old woman and her boyfriend will appear in court soon to face charges of kidnapping and possession of drugs.
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