A BUSINESSMAN of D’Urban Backlands, who is in the business of exporting lumber; a taxi driver of Dennis Street Sophia; a clothes vendor of South Ruimveldt and Lamaha Park; and a hotel employee of D’Urban Backlands were arrested by the police on Monday, moments after they abducted an unemployed woman whom they accused of causing a drug shipment to go sour.

The Chronicle was able to confirm that the men were acting on behalf of the owner of a popular night club in the city; but up to press time the club owner was not arrested in connection with the development.

This publication was also provided with the names of the arrested men, the woman they abducted, the name of the night club and the owner of the night club.

Up to late yesterday, the police were looking to have the men placed on an identification parade to confirm if they were involved in any unlawful activities other than the kidnapping of the woman which was eventually foiled by the police who were on patrol.

A search of the vehicle the men were driving turned up an unlicensed 9MM pistol with one live round.

Chronicle was told that initial investigations into the character of the men did not find anything to incriminate them, until their actions on Monday morning, which they carried out in Diamond.

On Monday the men were arrested by the police who were made aware of their kidnapping of the woman from a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home, and forced her into a car at gunpoint.
She was accused by the men of causing the shipment of a drug deal to the United Kingdom to go sour, and was reportedly hiding from the men when she was snatched.
Up to yesterday the woman was at the Brickdam Police Station, but it is not clear if she is also being investigated by the police in the alleged sour drug deal.
The police are continuing their investigations into the matter.