Another man charged over alleged kidnap and false-imprisonment in Melbourne

A man has been charged with a range of offences over the alleged kidnapping and false imprisonment of a man in Melbourne’s west.

A third person has been charged over an alleged Melbourne kidnap, Picture: NCA NewsWire /Brendan Beckett

A third person has been arrested over the alleged kidnapping and false imprisonment of a man in Melbourne’s western suburbs, police have confirmed.

The man, 25, has been charged with a range of offences over the alleged high-profile kidnapping in Melbourne’s west on February 16.

“A third person, a 25-year-old man from Lower Templestowe, was arrested on Monday 26 Feb and charged with kidnapping, false imprisonment, armed robbery and assault related offences,’’ police said in a statement to The Australian on Thursday.

Confirmation of the third arrest comes after Brimbank Divisional Response Unit detectives charged two people in relation to the alleged kidnapping in St Albans last month.

Details identifying the alleged offenders were suppressed.

Police said in a previous statement that it was alleged a man was pulled from a car near the intersection of Gladstone and Cleveland streets about 9.30pm on February 16.

He was then allegedly placed in another car and assaulted and robbed before being released in nearby Braybrook, 11km west of Melbourne’s CBD, police said.

Police said at the time the 31-year-old St Albans man was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

A woman, who cannot be identified, was charged with kidnapping, armed robbery, false imprisonment, unlawful assault, assault in company and assault by kicking.

A man was charged at the time with kidnapping, false imprisonment, armed robbery, threats to kill, intentionally cause injury, recklessly cause injury, unlawful assault and assault with weapon.

They were both bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 31 May.