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Police revisit Bangor and Belfast "tiger kidnapping" scenes Police revisit Bangor and Belfast "tiger kidnapping" scenes
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Police investigating a so-called "tiger-kidnapping" have been revisiting the areas where it happened.Police investigating a so-called "tiger-kidnapping" have been revisiting the areas where it happened.
They have appealed for anyone in the Bexley area of Bangor, Beechmount Parade or Ravenhill Road in Belfast last Friday to contact them.They have appealed for anyone in the Bexley area of Bangor, Beechmount Parade or Ravenhill Road in Belfast last Friday to contact them.
It involved the kidnapping of an 18-year-old man by a gang who forced his father to get them money.It involved the kidnapping of an 18-year-old man by a gang who forced his father to get them money.
Det Insp Chris Wilson said they were both "still recovering from their terrifying ordeal".Det Insp Chris Wilson said they were both "still recovering from their terrifying ordeal".
"Those responsible for inflicting such terror pose a risk to everyone in the community while they remain at large," he said."Those responsible for inflicting such terror pose a risk to everyone in the community while they remain at large," he said.
On Thursday, 17 January at approximately 22:15 GMT, three masked and armed men entered a house in the Bexley area of Bangor. A 52 year-old man and his son who were in the house were threatened by the intruders. On Thursday, 17 January at approximately 22:15 GMT, three masked men entered a house in the Bexley area of Bangor. A 52-year-old man and his son who were in the house were threatened by the intruders, who were armed with shotguns and knives.
Police said that at about 04:00 GMT on the Friday the son was taken from the house in the family car, a grey Renault Laguna GJZ 9090. The number plates were then changed to false ones with the registration number RJZ 6968.Police said that at about 04:00 GMT on the Friday the son was taken from the house in the family car, a grey Renault Laguna GJZ 9090. The number plates were then changed to false ones with the registration number RJZ 6968.
He was taken to a vacant house in the Beechmount Parade area of west Belfast and remained there until shortly before 09:30 GMT when he managed to escape and raise the alarm.He was taken to a vacant house in the Beechmount Parade area of west Belfast and remained there until shortly before 09:30 GMT when he managed to escape and raise the alarm.
Just over two hours earlier a substantial sum of money was passed to the driver of the family's Renault at the Anchor Lodge filling station on the Ravenhill Road in south Belfast. Police said that a cash-in-transit vehicle was in the forecourt at the time.Just over two hours earlier a substantial sum of money was passed to the driver of the family's Renault at the Anchor Lodge filling station on the Ravenhill Road in south Belfast. Police said that a cash-in-transit vehicle was in the forecourt at the time.
The Renault was then seen on the Westlink and in Barrack Street before it was found abandoned in Ainsworth Avenue in west Belfast.The Renault was then seen on the Westlink and in Barrack Street before it was found abandoned in Ainsworth Avenue in west Belfast.
Detectives from Serious Crime Branch are revisiting those three scenes and have appealed for information from anyone who was in those areas exactly a week ago and who saw anything.Detectives from Serious Crime Branch are revisiting those three scenes and have appealed for information from anyone who was in those areas exactly a week ago and who saw anything.
They are also keen to speak to anyone who noticed a dark grey Honda Civic which may have stopped to have its wheel changed somewhere between Bangor and Belfast during Thursday night or the early hours of Friday morning. They are also keen to speak to anyone who noticed a dark grey Honda Civic, which police believe was used by the kidnappers, and which may have stopped to have its wheel changed somewhere between Bangor and Belfast during Thursday night or the early hours of Friday morning.
The car had the registration number TIW 8819 when it travelled to Bangor on Thursday night but the number plates were changed to false ones, OJZ 4157, on the return journey to Belfast on Friday morning.The car had the registration number TIW 8819 when it travelled to Bangor on Thursday night but the number plates were changed to false ones, OJZ 4157, on the return journey to Belfast on Friday morning.
Det Insp Wilson said: "I would ask people who were in the specific areas of Bangor last Thursday night or Belfast on Friday morning to think if they saw anything which might help our inquiries."Det Insp Wilson said: "I would ask people who were in the specific areas of Bangor last Thursday night or Belfast on Friday morning to think if they saw anything which might help our inquiries."
The term "tiger kidnapping" comes from the fact that the criminals mimic the jungle predators by stalking their victims before pouncing.The term "tiger kidnapping" comes from the fact that the criminals mimic the jungle predators by stalking their victims before pouncing.