Qld: Businessman kidnapped and threatened, say police

AAP General News (Australia)
04-22-2007
Qld: Businessman kidnapped and threatened, say police

A Brisbane businessman has been kidnapped and tortured by two men allegedly posing
as federal police during a four hour ordeal on Brisbane's southside.

The 58-year-old man escaped after untying himself from a chair bolted to the floor.

Network Seven says the crime happened in the southside suburb of Annerley yesterday
and found two sound-proofed rooms.

The victim was snatched in the car park of the Pacific Golf Course at Carindale yesterday
afternoon by two men and a woman allegedly posing as federal police officers.

The victim was handcuffed and bundled into a white van and then driven to the house
in Annerley where the trio allegedly demanded money from him.

A 59-year-old man from Annerley has been charged over the kidnap and is due to appear
in Brisbane magistrates court tomorrow.

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