They are investigating a second case in 48 hours of a man kidnapped by force in Catalonia

BarcelonaThe Mossos d'Esquadra have opened an investigation into a suspected second illegal detention in less than 48 hours in the country, after five people disguised as police officers took a man away on the AP-7 this Saturday afternoon. According to what ARA has learned, this second incident took place early this Monday morning in Barcelona, when several hooded individuals allegedly forced a man into a vehicle on Carrer de Huelva. As in the AP-7 case, it was witnesses who raised the alarm about the event.

Early this Monday, the man was found near a gas station located in the municipality of Salt, in the Gironès region, with clear signs of violence, which led to the activation of the Medical Emergency System (SEM) and the Mossos d'Esquadra. Specifically, it appeared he had been beaten, and he was transported to a health center. Sources consulted by ARA rule out for now that there is a connection between this new incident and the illegal detention that took place on Saturday on the AP-7. In this second case, the investigation is open and the motivations for the illegal detention are not yet clear.

In the case of the AP-7, after being kidnapped near Montornès del Vallès, the victim appeared with several blows in Sant Llorenç de Savall, in the Vallès Occidental. The Mossos are clear that this illegal detention is motivated by a drug-related problem between criminal groups. In fact, the Catalan police are making an effort to get the victim and their circle to collaborate in the investigation, which, for the moment, is not easy. In fact, the victim was a passenger in a car driven by their partner. From the beginning, the Mossos spoke with her to try to find the man and also encountered little collaboration.

In the victim's car, they also found ammunition, zip ties, and handcuffs, which they are trying to clarify whether they belonged to the victim or the assailants. The victim, according to sources consulted by ARA, has a criminal record, a fact that reinforces the hypothesis that all of this is linked to organized crime. In these two cases, the police do not speak of kidnapping, but of illegal detention, because the requirements for it to be kidnapping, such as a demand for a financial ransom, are not met.