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Triple kidnapping at heist
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POLICE ARE HUNTING an armed gang who kidnapped a truck driver and two other men before stealing three trailers loaded with alcohol from a farm in Warwickshire.
The attack happened in the early hours of 17 April. A man living at the farm near Wishaw went to investigate noises and was confronted by about six masked men. They threatened him and tied him up. Two of the hijackers were carrying shotguns; one was armed with a taser-style gun and one had what appeared to be an electric cattle prod.
A silver car containing a number of other men later arrived at the farm. The robbers then broke into a barn storing alcohol and loaded it onto trailers which were driven away. A truck driver who later arrived at the farm was also threatened and tied up by the robbers, as was another man living at the farm.
All three were locked inside a refrigerated trailer they managed to release themselves and contacted the police soon after 6am.
• Contact: DS Todd Lomax at Atherstone CID on 01827 718092