Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says the US$2.5 mil­lion ran­som re­quest by the kid­nap­pers of cou­ple Der­rick and Clari­bel Tardieu is “fishy”.

Po­lice re­port­ed that Tardieu, 70, a busi­ness­man, and his 47-year-old wife were snatched from their Blanchette Bay, Monos Is­land home on Sat­ur­day night. A fam­i­ly friend re­ceived a dis­tress­ing voice note from a cell­phone with a Colom­bian reg­is­tra­tion num­ber in­form­ing them of the kid­nap­ping around 9.44 pm.

The mes­sage, which came from Derek Tardieu, said, “Dey have meh and want 2.5 mil­lion US for meh re­lease.”