4 men charged after 11-month kidnapping investigation: Calgary police

Four men person been charged aft an 11-month kidnapping investigation that spanned crossed aggregate municipalities, Calgary constabulary said.

According to a Calgary Police Service news merchandise connected Tuesday morning, officers began nan investigation aft they received a telephone connected July 4 past twelvemonth from a man reporting his family personnel had been abducted from an chartless location. The man besides said his ain residence, located successful nan 500 artifact of Fourth Avenue Northeast, had been surgery into by 3 chartless offenders who physically assaulted him pinch a limb and robbed him earlier fleeing nan area.

CPS said nan suspects contacted nan man complete nan telephone and demanded a ransom for nan return of his family member. Officers were instantly deployed to effort to safely find and rescue nan victim, nan merchandise said.

Police said they believed nan incident was drug-related and respective group were responsible for nan kidnapping and were holding nan unfortunate hostage astatine an chartless location. The suspects provided video updates to nan family and asked for a ransom successful speech for nan victim’s safe return.

At astir 5:10 p.m. connected July 5, 2023, nan unfortunate was released by nan abductors and located by constabulary downtown. Police past arrested 1 man successful narration to this incident.

After an 11-month investigation into nan kidnapping, constabulary said they identified 3 further suspects aft 44 judicial authorizations, respective hunt warrants and accumulation orders, and nan seizure of 29 physics devices.

On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, officers from nan Ontario Provincial Police and nan Toronto Police Service re-arrested Salah Aden, 24, who was initially arrested and charged past July. Police said Aden was released connected bail and grounded to look for his proceedings successful November 2023.

In July 2023, Aden was charged with:

• robbery
• kidnapping
• two counts of nonaccomplishment to comply pinch a merchandise order
• possession of an unlicensed weapon
• possession of a restricted firearm
• assault pinch a weapon
• failure to be court

Aden is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday, July 16.

CPS said astir a period later, connected June 5, its officers arrested Mustafa Saeed, 23, astatine his residence connected nan 3500 artifact of Eighth Avenue Southwest. He was charged with:

• robbery
• kidnapping
• extortion
• two counts of battle pinch a weapon
• unauthorized possession of a firearm
• pointing a firearm
• three counts of breach of a merchandise order

Saeed is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Monday, July 15.

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Five days aft that, CPS and Fort McMurray RCMP officers arrested Brandon Power, 22, and executed hunt warrants for some a residence and a conveyance located successful Fort McMurray. Police said some nan residence and conveyance are related to Power and 2 handguns, ammunition and a mini magnitude of narcotics were seized.

Power was charged with:

• robbery
• kidnapping
• extortion
• five counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm
• assault pinch a weapon
• breach of undertaking
• unsafe retention of a firearm
• possession of a restricted firearm
• possession of proceeds of crime

Power is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Wednesday, July 24.

TPS officers besides arrested Mohit Sandhu, 22, connected Tuesday, June 8, 2024 successful narration to nan investigation. CPS  said a hunt warrant was executed astatine a residence successful nan 300 artifact of Front Street successful Toronto and Sandhu was taken into custody and charged pinch instructing an indictable offence, robbery and extortion.

Sandhu was scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Tuesday, July 9.