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13/06/2003
Police release man questioned over kidnapping
A man has been released by police after being questioning in connection to their inquiries into the kidnapping of a boy in Co Antrim last month.
The 44-year-old man was arrested this week by police investigating the incident.
During the kidnapping an 11-year-old boy was locked in the boot of a car for nine hours until his father paid a ransom to the captors.
The boy was eventually found after his father took the money to a man on a scrambler bike at the Knockagh Monument near Greenisland.
The ransom paid was understood to be in the region of £30,000.
(MB)
The 44-year-old man was arrested this week by police investigating the incident.
During the kidnapping an 11-year-old boy was locked in the boot of a car for nine hours until his father paid a ransom to the captors.
The boy was eventually found after his father took the money to a man on a scrambler bike at the Knockagh Monument near Greenisland.
The ransom paid was understood to be in the region of £30,000.
(MB)
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