Migrant hostage racket busted in northern Greece
[InTime News]
Police have arrested a group of migrants on charges they held five foreign nationals, reportedly Indians, for one day at knifepoint in a forest area near the settlement of Mikro Dasos in Polykastro, Kilkis, in northern Greece.
The five had arrived in Greece illegally, looking for a way to continue their journey, which was believed to be to Northern Europe.
Police located and rescued them on Thursday afternoon, while also arresting the alleged perpetrators – reportedly young migrants from Afghanistan and Pakistan, including a 16-year-old.
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) said the kidnappers ordered the victims to contact their relatives and tell them to transfer money to them in order to secure their release.
