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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>A minor aged just 13 named as A Alfinete and two of his friends, L Castro (19 years old) and A Ardicha (18) are in police custody in Beira for faking a kidnapping with the aim of extorting 50,000 meticais from Alfinete\u2019s father.<\/p>\n

Spokesman for the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) in Sofala, Alfeu Sitoe, dates the case back to September 11, when Castro took the 13-year-old Alfinete and hid him inside his room.<\/p>\n

According to Sitoe, Castro then called the teenager\u2019s father informing him that his son had been kidnapped and that the family would have to pay 50,000 meticais for his release.<\/p>\n

In the StrongLive report below, Sitoe points out that the 13-year-old cannot be held criminally accountable. But the same is not true for either Castro, the alleged mastermind of the plot, or for M-Pesa agent Ardicha, who allegedly made his services available to receive the ransom money.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. A minor aged just 13 named as A Alfinete and two of his friends, L Castro (19 years old) and A Ardicha (18) are in police custody in Beira for faking a kidnapping with the aim of extorting 50,000 meticais from Alfinete\u2019s father. 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