The brother of the alleged captor of British model Chloe Ayling has been arrested, police have said.<\/p>\n
Michal Konrad Herba, 36, was held on a European Arrest Warrant at an address in Tividale, West Midlands.<\/p>\n
He is the brother of suspect Lukasz Pawel Herba, who is being held by Italian police after Ms Ayling was allegedly kidnapped in Milan.<\/p>\n
Ms Ayling, 20, was allegedly abducted and held by a group calling itself “Black Death” for five days.<\/p>\n
Michal Herba was arrested in a joint operation by West Midlands Police and East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU) and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on 17 August.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that\u00a0kidnappers attempted to sell Ms Ayling<\/a>\u00a0online for \u00a3230,000.<\/p>\n Ms Ayling, from Coulsdon, south London, arrived in Milan on 10 July for a photo shoot.<\/p>\n There, Italian police say she was attacked by two men, drugged with ketamine and abducted, apparently to be sold in an online auction.<\/p>\n She is believed to have been transported in a bag to an isolated village near Turin, Italy, but was released on July 17.<\/p>\n Ms Ayling’s lawyer Francesco Pesce has said she was told she would be sold in the Middle East “for sex”.<\/p>\n Speaking after the alleged abduction, Ms Ayling said she feared for her life throughout the “terrifying experience”.<\/p>\n “I’m incredibly grateful to the Italian and UK authorities for all they have done to secure my safe release,” she said.<\/p>\n Italian police documents revealed that suspect Lukasz Herba said he had got involved\u00a0in order to raise money for cancer treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Polish national, who lives in Oldbury in the West Midlands, he told investigators he drove her to the British consulate in Milan and released her before the sale went ahead.<\/p>\n The National Crime Agency and EMSOU said it was providing specialist support to the Italian police as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"