British Tourist Kidnapped And Held For Ransom Rescued Thanks To Secret Message




British Tourist Kidnapped And Held For Ransom Rescued Thanks To Secret MessageAlamy

A British tourist who was allegedly supported captive for a week by an Italian syndicate has been rescued by police after managing to secretly tell his family “hes in” trouble.

The unnamed 25 -year-old was reportedly seized last week by a group of Italian crimes who attempted to get his family to pay a EUR7, 000 ransom in return for his release.

Italian police confirmed on Thursday, October 14, that they had deported a successful raid to free a human who was being held in an apartment in Monte San Giusto, near Macerata in central Italy, with four beings arrested in connection with the incident.

Monte San Giusto (Alamy)Alamy

In a statement following the attacked, a spokesman for the Carabinieri said they had been alerted by British police after the man was able to raise the alarm during a telephone call with his family.

‘His family, who are fairly rich, received a message from him and contacted the British police and the NCA, who in turn contacted the Carabinieri. We checked out the bag and then meant the save attacked ,’ said Colonel Nicola Candido, per The Telegraph.

His captors are allegedly tolerated the man to call his family in order to ask them to send money, enabling him to use a system to inform them he’d been kidnapped.





Italian police conducted a raid to free the hostage (Alamy)Alamy

Within 36 hours of the authorities concerned being alerted Italian officers had successfully unearthed the suite where he was being held by tracking his mobile phone, executing the raid on Wednesday afternoon. The humanity is said to be shaken but physically unharmed after having being preserved barefoot and handcuffed.

Another officer involved in the raid withdrew,’ The young man was found in a dark area with furniture pushed up against the windows. He was fed fairly sporadically by his captors. He was spent but he is slowly recovering.’

Police added that they were exploring purposes for the kidnapping, with patrolmen apparently curious as to the’ relatively modest’ ransom being asked for by the gang.

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