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Eastern Cape police have warned of the dangers of hitch-hiking after a 23-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a truck driver who gave her a lift from Kariega.
Spokesperson, Colonel Priscilla Naidu, said the 43-year-old driver was later arrested in Middelburg.
She said the woman was in the truck with other passengers that were dropped off in Jansenville.
Naidu said the woman continued the journey with him and about 30 kilometres from Graaff-Reinet, on the Jansenville road at a resting spot, he threatened the woman with a firearm and raped her.
“She was dropped off in Graaff-Reinet where she alerted police,” she said.
Naidu said police acted swiftly and the truck driver was arrested by members of Vispol, and SAPS Operational Command Centre.
He was detained on a charge of rape and will appear in court soon.
