Kidnapping staged to extort cash from father

SENIOR garda are concerned there could be a spate of fake “tiger kidnappings” after they foiled a bid by a man to extort €50,000 from his father.

In a highly unusual robbery, a man staged his own kidnapping, with his girlfriend’s assistance, in an attempt to extort the money from his father in Dublin.

The scam was thwarted after the father, a businessman, reported the incident to gardaí, who set up a security and surveillance operation.