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Three men arrested for hostage taking and aggravated assault of a Spanish man
Netherlands👮 Crime17 days ago

Three men arrested for hostage taking and aggravated assault of a Spanish man

The police have arrested three men for the kidnapping and severe mistreatment of a Spanish national earlier this year. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was abducted on February 15 in Pernis and held captive and abused in a garage box in Rotterdam and an apartment in Utrecht. He managed to escape on February 24 and contacted the police. The police suspect a dispute over drugs was the motive for the abduction. Following attention from the TV program Opsporing Verzocht, the suspects—aged between 20 and 36—were arrested today. Police conducted searches in Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Pernis,其中

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Three men arrested for hostage taking and aggravated assault of a Spanish man

The police have arrested three men for the kidnapping and severe mistreatment of a Spanish national earlier this year. The victim, a 37-year-old man, was abducted on February 15 in Pernis and held captive and abused in a garage box in Rotterdam and an apartment in Utrecht. He managed to escape on February 24 and contacted the police. The police suspect a dispute over drugs was the motive for the abduction. Following attention from the TV program Opsporing Verzocht, the suspects—aged between 20 and 36—were arrested today. Police conducted searches in Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, and Pernis,其中

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