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13/11/2008
Kidnap-Robbery Scene Revisited
Police are continuing to probe the latest of Northern Ireland's so-called 'Tiger Kidnap' robberies, where a loved one is held hostage to force the victim to hand over property or money.
The scene of an aggravated robbery near Lisburn, in which a man and woman were tied up, has been revisited by the PSNI who today reiterated what happened last week.
"At around 6.45am last Thursday (November 6th), two men wearing balaclavas - one of whom was armed with a gun - entered a house at Ballymacash and made demands on the victims, before tying them up.
"The woman was driven away in a silver Ford Focus and the man was forced to obtain a large quantity of cigarettes from a warehouse at Nutt's Corner," said the police statement last night.
The detectives investigating the case said that the cigarettes were later transferred to a large vehicle on vacant ground at the Moira Road.
The unfortunate female kidnap victim was later freed in the Shankill area of west Belfast.
The police statement continued: "The victims were not physically hurt but police say they were left very shocked by their ordeal."
(BMcC)
The scene of an aggravated robbery near Lisburn, in which a man and woman were tied up, has been revisited by the PSNI who today reiterated what happened last week.
"At around 6.45am last Thursday (November 6th), two men wearing balaclavas - one of whom was armed with a gun - entered a house at Ballymacash and made demands on the victims, before tying them up.
"The woman was driven away in a silver Ford Focus and the man was forced to obtain a large quantity of cigarettes from a warehouse at Nutt's Corner," said the police statement last night.
The detectives investigating the case said that the cigarettes were later transferred to a large vehicle on vacant ground at the Moira Road.
The unfortunate female kidnap victim was later freed in the Shankill area of west Belfast.
The police statement continued: "The victims were not physically hurt but police say they were left very shocked by their ordeal."
(BMcC)
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