Reports: Ex-cricketer MacGill allegedly kidnapped, released
May 5, 2021 GMT
SYDNEY (AP) Former test cricketer Stuart MacGill was allegedly kidnapped from his home in Sydney last month before being released an hour later, Australian media reported Wednesday.
New South Wales state police described the victim of the April 14 alleged kidnapping only as a 50-year-old man. MacGill was widely identified as the victim, including in reports by the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and News Corp. newspapers.
Media reported that MacGill was confronted by a man on a street in Sydney’s north before two other men arrived and helped force him into a car.
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The New Zealand Police were aided with cooperation form the Australian Federal Police’s newly-formed Fugitive Action Strike Team (FAST) which tracked and located the male in the state of Victoria, Newman said. “These transnational syndicates work across borders and have relied previously on the difficulties of Law Enforcement from different countries working across different jurisdictions,” Newman said.
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Police have also seized over $1million in cash during their investigation. The detective inspector said this latest arrest was a great example of both countries are working together to hold transnational criminals to account. According to the Australian Associated Press the man had moved to a rural Victorian town in 2019 before he was arrested on April 29 and is now subject to an extradition process to New Zealand.