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MBABANE - An owner of a BMW X5 was let go by unknown men who had stopped him after suspecting the car he was driving was those used by royal guard officers.

The incident happened on Saturday when Calvin Dlamini was visiting his home, which is located at Mpolonjeni in Siteki. Dlamini works in one of the trucking companies in South Africa and he was home to attend a family incident.

He stated that he entered the country through Mahamba Border Gate.

From the minute Dlamini entered the country, he said he noticed that he drew attention but did not pay much attention on what could have drawn the stares from some people.

At the time when he was closer to his home area, it was getting dark and he parked by the road just to get a breather. He then drove along a gravel road to his home area, but he was stopped and greeted by a group of young men.

“I was greeted by two while the other three were looking at my car closely,” he said.

Dlamini said he heard them arguing that he was a police officer under the royal guard and the car resembled escort vehicles.

Dlamini said he tried to argue that he was not working for any of the State security organs but the young men heard none of it. He said he tried to argue that his BMW was foreign registered but that poured fuel on the fire as they told him it was for that reason they were convinced that he might be a State security agent.

Saved

He said he was saved by showing his car registration and his nationality documents from the young men who suspected that he was on a mission or was a police officer.

Dlamini said throughout his journey he no longer felt safe.

“They told me they no longer trusted foreign registered cars, more especially BMW X5s and X6s as they are allegedly used by police officers,” he said.

This comes after a government tractor driver, who was stationed at Dumako, was shot this past weekend when unknown people fired shots at a cop shop within the vicinity.

Worthnoting is that State security personnel have been targets of random shootings by unknown people. A total of 10 State security personnel have been assassinated since the political unrest which began in last year June.