Civil Guard are seeking a gang of kidnappers who held two Spanish men captive in a house on an urbanisation in La Cala del Moral last week, before leaving them there bound hand and foot when they realised they had made a mistake.The kidnappers, reported by Diario Sur as foreign, were armed with guns fitted with silencers when they arrived at the property on the afternoon of Monday 23rd November, demanding the payment of 1 million € to release their captives. Their victims insisted that they had no money and their assailants finally realised they had mistaken their target, making their escape in a getaway car driven by a third man who was waiting outside.
The two captives were left tied up when the kidnappers fled, but managed to escape their bonds with the help of a knife and contact emergency services for help.