Dozens of charges laid against 4 men in Calgary kidnapping

Calgary police say four men have been charged in an 11-month investigation into a kidnapping last summer.

Calgary police say four men have been charged in an 11-month investigation into a kidnapping last summer.

Police were called just before 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, by a man who said his home had been broken into and a member of his family had been kidnapped from an unknown location.

The man said three strangers broke into his home in the 500 block of Fourth Avenue N.E. and assaulted him with a weapon, robbing him before leaving.

Investigators learned the man's attackers contacted him via phone and demanded a ransom be payed for the return of his family member.

Officers believed the kidnapping was drug-related, and say the abductors provided video updates to the man.

The next evening, the victim was released with minor injuries and located by police downtown.

At the time, police arrested one man in connection to the incident.