3 Stoney Nakoda First Nation residents charged with kidnapping
CBC News | Posted: January 31, 2017 9:53 PM | Last Updated: January 31, 2017
RCMP in Cochrane received abduction report last week
RCMP in Cochrane, Alta., have charged three residents of the Stoney Nakoda First Nation with assault and kidnapping with a firearm.
Police received a report of an abduction of an adult male on January 24.
Investigators said in a news release Tuesday the alleged victim "had planned a meeting with the suspects related to drug activity and was taken and held for a period of time."
He was later released with minor injuries
Police have charged Georgina Twoyoungmen, 36, Lyle Bearspaw, 23, and Crieg Amos, 26.
All three appeared today in Cochrane Provincial Court.
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