The DR Congo’s internal affairs minister said the drivers were kidnapped in South Kivu province on Wednesday.
Tanzania’s foreign ministry reportedly said their abductors were demanding a ransom of four thousand dollars about three thousand and twenty pounds for each driver.
But Congolese Internal Affairs Minister ZAKWANI SALEHE said no ransoms were paid and government troops rescued the drivers and one other person.
He told the BBC the kidnappers did not appear to expect to be attacked and disappeared into the bush when troops appeared.
He described the kidnappers as bandits and it is not clear if they were linked to any of rebel groups which proliferate in eastern DR Congo.
Those rescued are in the hands of the army which will escort them to the DR Congo-Tanzania border point.
Kidnapping of foreigners for ransom appears to be an emerging phenomenon in Tanzanian and last year some clerics were also held in DR Congo but released after several weeks.
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