A La Hor­quet­ta man freed him­self from his kid­nap­pers on Sun­day morn­ing and re­port­ed the mat­ter to po­lice, while one sus­pect has been ar­rest­ed.

Po­lice said the vic­tim ar­rived at the Arou­ca Po­lice Sta­tion around 11 am car­ry­ing a pis­tol and re­port­ed that he had been kid­napped from his La Hor­quet­ta home fol­low­ing a card game with men known to him.

He told of­fi­cers that he was tak­en to a forest­ed area in Bertie Hill, Arou­ca, where he man­aged to seize a firearm be­long­ing to one of his cap­tors be­fore es­cap­ing.