US EditionTwo Britons arrested in Benidorm for 'staging fake kidnapping to extort money'
Two British men face charges including simulating a crime and fraud after allegedly faking a kidnapping to extort £725 from a UK relative, triggering a major police response.
- In Benidorm, Spanish National Police in Alicante arrested two British men aged 37 and 51 inside a hotel on Thursday after they allegedly staged a fake kidnapping to extort £725 from a relative.
- The pair reportedly sent a bogus video showing a bloodied man threatened with a knife and demanded £725 into a specified bank account, after a UK relative alerted authorities.
- Police seized two tasers, an air pistol, three defence sprays, a Balaclava, gloves, face masks, and duct tape after initial arrests at Benidorm police station, following a tip-off from Interpol.
- Both men were arrested on suspicion of simulating a crime and fraud, with the alleged kidnapper also charged with identity fraud; investigators warned they face potential prison time and compensation claims.
- The investigation involved Benidorm police working with Interpol, the British Consulate and Madrid's Kidnapping and Extortion Unit, while police sources suggested an unnamed woman may have instigated the scheme and are probing links to the earlier April arrest of a British woman.
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