Police have charged two men with multiple offences following an alleged kidnapping in South Brisbane yesterday, June 29.
It will be alleged at approximately 2am, a man and a woman were at a park in Everton Park when they were threatened and kidnapped by two men and taken into an SUV.
The SUV travelled south to the Gold Coast, where it came to a stop at a carpark along Smith Street in Parkwood.
A 33-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman managed to escape the vehicle shortly after 8am and called for help.
Police attended and located two men asleep in the vehicle. They were taken into custody without incident.
It will be further alleged that police located zip ties, bleach, rubber gloves, hacksaw blades, plastic sheeting, aluminium foil, wire snips and a blowtorch in the vehicle along with a quantity of cash and drugs.
A 35-year-old Jamisontown (NSW) man and a 36-year-old Thornton (NSW) man have each been charged with two counts of kidnapping, two counts of deprivation of liberty and two counts of torture as well as one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and robbery.
They were both denied police bail and are expected to appear at Southport Magistrates Court today, June 30.
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