Man in court on kidnap charges – Griffith Issued Wednesday 21 January 2015 A man is due to appear in Griffith Local Court today charged over an alleged kidnapping earlier this week. It was about 8.am on Monday (19 January 2015) a 32-year-old man was found chained to a tree within the Cocoparra National Park near Yenda by a local farmer. Police from Griffith Local Area Command were called to the scene where the man had been released from the tree. Investigators from Strike Force Danderbong that was established in early November 2014 to investigate public shootings in Griffith commenced investigations into this incident and as a result a Crime Scene Warrant was executed at premises near Yenda and two search warrants being executed in the Griffith area about 4pm yesterday (Thursday 20 January 2015). As a result, a 28-year-old man was arrested at the scene of one of the search warrants about 4pm and taken to Griffith Police Station, where he was charged with aggravated kidnapping between 17 and 19 January 2015. The man, from Griffith, was bail refused to appear at the Griffith Local Court today (Wednesday 21 January 2015). It will be alleged by police that this matter is drug related. Investigators believe other people may be involved in this incident and inquiries are continuing. Police are urging anyone with information in relation to this incident to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page: https://nsw.crimestoppers.au/ Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our Facebook and Twitter pages. **************************** Issued by NSW Police Force Media Unit (02) 8263 6100 Authorised by Detective Acting Inspector Tim CLARK
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 02:39:32 +0000
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