A 43-year-old male has been taken into custody by National Police officers in the municipality of Elche on suspicion of engaging in illegal detention and extortion.
Officers became aware after the victim reported that an acquaintance had threatened and extorted him, demanding a debt of 90,000 euros.
In his complaint, the victim said that a male acquaintance of his had frightened him by contacting him a few months prior and requesting €90,000 for the down payment on a real estate transaction and the sale of a car.
The intimidation and threats were received multiple times. Once, the accused criminal went up to the victim and pushed him into his car. Once inside, a third individual demanded complete payment of the loan while grabbing him by the neck, immobilising him and pressing a sharp item against his side. After that, they left him a few km away from the location of his pickup.
Along with the threats, the accused criminal followed the victim to every location he visited and insisted on paying the bill each time.
The victim made three financial payments of 10,000 euros each as a result of the compulsion, threats, and terror the accused used to induce in him.
Officers examined the complainant’s car throughout the inquiry and found a GPS tracker within one of the rearview mirrors, which gave the suspected offender constant access to his location.
Following his identification, the accused criminal was taken into custody for his involvement in the illegal detention and extortion activities.
The inquiry is still ongoing while the second perpetrator of the threats made inside the already-detained person’s car is found and apprehended.
The inmate was taken before the Elche Investigative Court after police investigations.
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