The Spanish National Police rescued a man after he was kidnapped in the province of Malaga in Andalusia and pushed to the trunk of a vehicle, taking a photo of the kidnapper car flywheel.
The nameless man managed to contact his girlfriend, without his kidnappers knowing it, sending him a photo of the steering wheel, in which the vehicle brand logo could be seen. It was the key evidence to find the victim after the police realized the kidnapping of January 23. He took less than 16 hours to locate it.
He also managed to send videos to his girlfriend, showing his kidnappers threatening him with a weapon while questioning him about a third party that had allegedly disappointed the group of kidnappers of 30,000 euros (almost C $ 45,069.90), according to the police. report.
The victim had been taken by a group of men traveling in two cars, who were looking for information about the other man who allegedly owed the money from a drug agreement.
He was kidnapped on a public street in front of the sea in the city of Sabinillas in Malaga, forced to enter the trunk of one of the cars.
While the victim was held hostage, she managed to send both photographs to her girlfriend, which included geographical coordinates that placed him in a street in Torre del Mar.
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“The officers then immediately went to the location, where they found a parked car that coincided with the brand and the vehicle model in the victim's photo,” police said in the report. “Then they discovered another vehicle in the same area, which coincided with one of the cars used in kidnapping in Sabinillas.
“A few hours later, the agents saw two vehicles parked near the previous ones, one of them that coincided with the brand, model and color of the other car used in the kidnapping. It was at that time that the researchers observed how, from the last vehicle mentioned, the victim was taken from the back to be placed in the central rear of another cars. ”
The agents began to follow the vehicle, which was Finally intercepted while traveling on a highway in the direction of Malaga.
According to the report, the victim was healthy and not injured and the officers have arrested four people as alleged perpetrators of the crime of kidnapping, belonging to a criminal organization and illegal possession of arms.
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