Kidnapping, Crestmead
Police have charged three people after a man was allegedly held against his will and robbed in Crestmead yesterday.
It will be alleged that the 27-year-old man had been communicating with a woman via social media for the past month and agreed to meet with her at an address on Hakea Street around 11am.
It is further alleged that once at the residence, the man engaged in conversation with the woman before consuming an unknown substance which caused him to pass out.
When the man woke up he was confronted by two men who threatened him with a knife and made demands for his credit card.
The victim was also allegedly forced by the two men and the woman to sign over ownership of his vehicle, a BMW.
The trio then forced the man into a four-wheel-drive and drove to an Automatic Teller Machine at Woodridge where he was made to withdraw money from his bank account before he was let go.
The victim immediately called Triple 0 and police attended the scene.
Three people were taken into custody a short time later, including a man and a woman located in the same vehicle which had driven the man to the ATM.
The 27-year-old Everton Park man did not sustain any serious injuries as a result of the incident.
A 21-year-old Beenleigh woman has been charged with kidnapping for ransom, armed robbery in company use personal violence, extortion with intent to cause detriment serious personal injury, stealing a vehicle, unlawful use of a motor vehicle, possession of property suspected of being used in the commission of a drug offence, and two counts of possessing dangerous drugs.
A 32-year-old Beenleigh man and a 32-year-old Crestmead man have been charged with kidnapping for ransom, armed robbery in company use personal violence, extortion with intent to cause detriment serious personal injury, stealing a vehicle and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
All three are due to appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court today (July 17).
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Quote this reference number: QP1901368912.
