A 14-year-old boy believed to have been abducted over his step-brother’s multi-million drug debt is home with his parents, Toronto Police say.<\/p>\n
The teenager was forced into a jeep on Wednesday in the city’s north end. He was found “dishevelled” but safe in a Toronto suburb late on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Police say that the boy had no connections to drugs and crime and was an innocent victim.<\/p>\n
They are still looking for those responsible for the abduction.<\/p>\n
The saga began around 08:30 (13:30 GMT) on Wednesday in Toronto, when police received reports of a disturbance.<\/p>\n
Witnesses reported seeing someone being pushed into a Jeep Wrangler with oversized tyres, shouting “help me”.<\/p>\n
The boy’s school failed to immediately report his absence to his parents, who only grew concerned when he failed to return home that afternoon and went to police.<\/p>\n
The jeep was later found burned out about 60km (37 miles) north of the city.<\/p>\n
Police sent out an amber alert for the boy shortly after midnight.<\/p>\n
“We believe that the motive for his abduction was because of his brother, his older brother’s involvement in a drug rip-off at a value of over $4m (\u00a33.1m),” Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told journalists on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
He later added: “It’s obvious the suspects couldn’t locate the older brother – neither can we at this point in time – and so obviously the younger brother would have been the target they chose, which is very unfortunate”.<\/p>\n
Mr Saunders said that the teenager’s step-brother had “limited” contact with police during the search.<\/p>\n
Late on Thursday night, the boy was found by police in the city of Brampton and brought for a medical check-up.<\/p>\n
Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"