Africa-Press – Mozambique. Mozambican Interior Minister Arsénia Massingue has said that legal procedures were under way for the extradition of a suspected kidnap kingpin who was arrested on Saturday night in neighbouring South Africa.
Esmael Malude Ramos Nangy, 50, is wanted in his home country in connection to several kidnappings there in recent years.
He was arrested near South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, following an international arrest warrant issued by the Mozambican authorities, the minister said.
She said work was under way on the extradition that “in due time may be revealed”.
Kidnapping for ransom is common in Mozambique’s major cities and towns.
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