Two men, aged 21 and 30, were arrested last Monday in Parque das Nações, Lisbon, on suspicion of kidnapping and possession of a prohibited weapon, according to the Public Security Police (PSP).
In a statement, the Lisbon Metropolitan Command of the PSP indicated that the arrests took place at 4:35 PM, after the officers were informed that a man was being “pursued by two suspects attempting to kidnap him under threat of a firearm.”
The victim, who managed to escape and take refuge inside a shop, helped the police identify the suspects as they attempted to reach their vehicle to flee. “The suspects were then approached, intercepted, and caught in the act,” PSP detailed, adding that a 9mm caliber revolver was seized.
The detainees were brought before the first judicial interrogation of the detained defendant, where the measure of coercion of term of identity and residence was maintained.
