British Men Arrested for Fake Kidnapping Scam in Spain

0:00Stay informed on the UK in 2 minutes or less with UK news today, brought to you by NordVPN, fast, reliable online privacy. Links in the episode description. Two British men, age 51 and 37, face charges after staging a fake kidnapping in Benadorm, Spain, to demand 725. Pounds from a relative for holiday cash. They send videos showing one man covered in blood as the other held a knife to him, claiming the hostage would die without payment. A tip from UK police through Interpol alerted Spanish authorities right away. Police in the Costa Blanca area halted all other cases, pulled in every local officer, and even called specialists from Madrid for hostage rescues. They tracked the pair to a hotel and prepped for a raid. Officers spotted the two men exiting together, chatting casually like old friends, which blew the whole plot open. They arrested them on the spot for fraud, simulating a crime, and one for using a fake