The Mossos d’Esquadra tonight they frustrated an attempt to kidnap the release to two people that They were held against their will in a home of the friend street from Barcelona. He Special Intervention Group (GEI) had to break into the flat to be able to rescue them. Three people have been arrested in the operation.
From the street they have could hear detonations which, according to police sources, correspond to stun grenades that have been used in the intervention. The episode has ended without injuries.
One hour
He deployment has lasted more than an hour and has forced cut the street of Amigo, in the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district. Police sources point to this newspaper that the three detainees and the two hostages are of Chinese nationality.
Around five in the afternoon, the Mossos d’Esquadra have received a notice at 112 alerting that a person would allegedly have another detained at an address on Calle Amigó. The police officers have gone to the place to carry out the first checks.
Once the call was given reliability, several patrols have been directed, both for citizen security and public order and investigation. There they have contacted different witnesses who have confirmed the truth of the notice.
unsuccessful negotiation
Given this information, the GEI and the negotiators of the Kidnapping and Extortion Unit have been activated, and the device has been established. At around eight o’clock in the evening, negotiations with the people who were at the home began without success.
After eight in the afternoon, in a coordinated operation, the home has been accessed and The two people held against their will have been released, a man and a woman, and the three arrests have been made. The Criminal Investigation Division is handling the case.
Sources close to the events have specified that the kidnappers demanded a ransom of at least 370,000 euros.
The director of the Mossos d’Esquadra, Pere Ferrerhas explained in statements to the facts after the release that Ferrer that on the floor there was “tools and weapons“, and that at this moment the address is empty. In addition, he has stressed that it is not known either “if there is a relationship with the kidnappers.”
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According to the neighbors, Three men of Chinese nationality resided in the apartment.. And every once in a while, a woman would come. They had been living in the apartment for half a year and did not speak Spanish.
“I heard some very loud blows and then everything was filled with people,” detailed Anna, who lives on the same landing as the home where the events occurred. “I have not been afraid because I immediately saw that there were many policemen”.