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Group of Four Charged with Allegedly Kidnapping a Man in Auckland

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January 10, 2023

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Four people have been charged after a man was seriously injured in an alleged kidnapping.

The incident took place in Auckland’s Stanmore Bay on January 2, police said in a statement.

Court documents show the accused, two men and two women aged between 27 and 36, allegedly took a man and confined him without consent.

They are also alleged to have assaulted the man using a pipe gun as a weapon. Two were charged with being in possession of a firearm and one with failing to allow police to exercise a search warrant.

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