Barbados police crack kidnapping case
by Dawne Bennett
Caribbean Net News Barbados Correspondent
Sunday, June 25, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Barbadian police have
made a major breakthrough in what sources say is a high-profile kidnapping
case involving a wealthy British man and a Spanish woman.
After intense, around-the-clock investigations, they rescued the kidnapped
victims whose names have not yet been released, and held five British men who
are now being questioned. Police Public
Relations Officer, Station Sergeant Barry Hunte says after the kidnapped
couple was found, they had to receive medical treatment for injuries sustained
during the ordeal. The two landed in Barbados
on May 25th, with a scheduled July 6 departure date, but it was not until
Saturday morning that the kidnapping occurred.
The drama began in the Church Village neighbourhood in the eastern parish of
St. Philip when they were forced into cars by a group of men.
Police were soon afterwards on the trail and
traced the woman that afternoon. Her companion was found early this morning in
the west of the island when a warrant was executed at a house in Cherry Drive,
Sunset Crest, St. James. “Five Caucasian
males, British nationals, ranging in age from 24 to 40 years were also taken
into custody,” reported Station Sergeant Hunte. “Further investigations
revealed that the five suspects arrived in Barbados together on June 15th and
were scheduled to depart on June 29th.” It is
expected that charges will soon be laid against the five.
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