Woman allegedly abducted from Kildare home is rescued by gardaí
A woman was allegedly abducted from a home in Kildare and held captive for around 90 minutes before being rescued by gardaí in south Dublin.
Detectives are investigating if the suspected kidnapping was directed by another woman over a personal dispute with the victim.
During the woman's ordeal her captors warned her they would take her to a cemetery in the capital while also demanding money from her.
Gardaí were alerted to the incident that began in the Castletown area of Celbridge, Co Kildare, at around 10pm on Monday.
They received reports that a woman had forced her way into a house in the area before dragging the victim out.
The victim was bundled into a car containing two male passengers before it was driven away at high speed.
An alert for the Volkswagen involved was put out to gardaí in the eastern region and Dublin, notifying them of the suspected kidnapping.
Officers had also received information that the group were planning to bring the woman to a cemetery in south Dublin.
Around 90 minutes after the incident in Celbridge, gardaí came across the suspect vehicle in the Tallaght area.
It was brought to a halt by local units and the woman was found unharmed in the back seat and freed.
Demands for money were made from the victim
Two of the occupants, the female driver and a male passenger, both aged in their 30s, were arrested and taken to a garda station in the eastern region.
They were both being held last night on suspicion of false imprisonment.
They can be questioned for up to 24 hours before they must either be charged or released from custody pending a file being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The offence of false imprisonment carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment on conviction.
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Gardaí are also investigating if the female suspect was the instigator of the incident.
A source said: 'The suspicion is that the female suspect was the instigator in this and is essentially the chief suspect, the one directing this.
'Demands for money were made from the victim, and this is being treated as a targeted incident.
'Thankfully, gardaí intervened before the woman was physically harmed and the gardaí involved have to be commended for bringing this to a safe conclusion very quickly.'
A garda spokesperson said they were continuing to investigate the alleged false imprisonment incident on Monday night.
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