Four Pakistanis were arrested in Athens and western Greece on charges of kidnapping a Pakistani immigrant and demanding Euro 10,000 (US 12,500 dollars) as ransom money, police said.
The 32-year-old shopkeeper was abducted near the town of Messolongi, 250 kilometers west of Athens. The four suspects allegedly threatened to kill him unless he paid the ransom, the media reported on Saturday. The two suspects were arrested in Athens on Friday, while attempting to collect US $3,750 of the demanded sum from a bank branch in the capital.
The other two were arrested during a police raid near Messolongi. None of the arrested men, aged 24 to 34, was identified. The shopkeeper was freed unharmed.