<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A third man has been charged over an </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hostage-kidnapping-victim-recovered-dural-nsw-police/c27cbcf5-749d-453b-afae-e4de3aa1d577" rel="" target="_blank" title="alleged kidnapping"><span>alleged kidnapping</span></a><span> where a 53-year-old man had to be saved by a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> raid on a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="_blank" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span> home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was allegedly snatched from outside a tobacco shop he owned in Mount Pritchard on February 24, with CCTV footage showing four men in balaclavas approaching him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group then allegedly assaulted the victim and forced him into a Hyundai hatchback.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>EXCLUSIVE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/annastacia-palaszczuk-the-politics-of-being-me-book-former-queensland-recalls-toughest-moments-in-political-career/f8ad75e1-2bd5-4482-823c-dcbcf8e5e103" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>'Tense' COVID-19 phone call between Morrison and then-Queensland premier Palaszczuk</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He tried to fight them off but was unable.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was allegedly taken to a property at Dural on Sydney's north-west fringes, but a covert </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/nsw-police" rel="" target="_blank" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> operation on February 26 led to his freedom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The victim was not injured and in a stable condition when he was taken to hospital.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/third-man-charged-alleged-sydney-kidnapping/a329fba0-5384-466a-b297-6fd59b91267b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>CRIME:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-charged-alleged-offensive-conduct-campbell-parade-footbridge-bondi-shooting/8d3c0c35-f823-4342-96d4-38cfb0c467d0" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Second man charged after alleged offensive conduct on bridge where Bondi shooting occurred</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A teenager and a man were previously </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-mt-pritchard-kidnapping-man-charged/88c7e307-ff04-48e4-83c3-800b357023a5" rel="" target="_blank" title="arrested and charged"><span>arrested and charged</span></a><span> with kidnapping offences, and now a third person, a 27-year-old man, has been arrested in Surry Hills.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken to Surry Hills Police Station, where he was charged with multiple offences, including take and detain in company with intent to ransom and occasion actual bodily harm, and participating in a criminal group and contributing in criminal activity.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was refused bail to appear in court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is one individual seen in the CCTV footage who is yet to be found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a 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