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Police have released CCTV footage to help them locate those involved in a Wellington kidnapping last month.
The man who was allegedly abducted can be seen on the right running down a crossroads into a supermarket.
Photo: New Zealand Police / CCTV Screenshot
The incident took place between 8:00 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. on August 25.
Detective Sergeant Stephen Wescott said in a statement that at the time the male victim and his partner were parked in a black BMW hatchback on Shelley Bay Road.
They were approached by two men they did not know.
The couple forced the male victim into their dark-colored sedan.
The victim’s partner then left the area in the BMW and headed toward Kilbirnie, where the sedan followed.
Video footage shows the BMW turning into a parking area on Rongotai Road between KFC and Mobil and then stopping.
The sedan can be seen parking behind the BMW. One of the two men gets out and walks over to the BMW.
The victim then takes the opportunity to escape and can be seen running towards Pak’nSave on Onepu Road.
“While the victim and her partner were not physically harmed, the incident was extremely traumatic for them,” Wescott said.
Police want to hear from anyone who remembers seeing the two cars in the vicinity of Shelly Bay Road, Miramar Avenue, Cobham Drive, Troy Street, Rongotai Road, Evans Bay Parade and Onepu Road between 8 p.m. and 8.45 p.m. or who has a dash cam or CCTV footage that may have captured them.
Anyone with information should call the police via 105 or Crimestoppers anonymously via 0800 555111.
