Duo deny kidnap charges

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Duo deny kidnap charges

The two St Andrew businessmen who were arrested and charged with kidnapping and thrashing a customs broker after a multimillion-dollar drug shipment, said to be theirs, was confiscated, are accusing the broker of fabricating the story about being...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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