LASHKARGAH: The security forces of the Helmand Police Command arrested a five-member gang of kidnappers yesterday in the Baghran district of the province.
According to the media office of the police command, the group was apprehended along with a kidnapped individual, an AK-47, and a pistol.
Reports indicate that the kidnappers initially demanded 700,000 Pakistani rupees from the family of the kidnapped person for his release and then asked for 400,000 rupees.