A KwaZulu-Natal mother has been reunited with her baby, who was allegedly stolen from her just a day after he was born, the police said on Thursday.
The child was found in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, on Wednesday as the woman who had allegedly taken him was trying to forge a new identity for him.
“It was reported that the suspect was at Ermelo in Mpumalanga with the kidnapped baby. The Jozini and Ermelo family violence, child protection and sexual offences [FCS] unit were immediately contacted and the information was shared with them,” police spokesperson Capt Nqobile Gwala said.
“The suspect was arrested while at a clinic in Ermelo to obtain a vaccination card for the baby. She was arrested by the Ermelo FCS unit and the kidnapped baby was also found. The baby has been reunited with the mother.”
