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Missing sailor 'may have been kidnapped by bikers' (From Daily Echo)
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Missing sailor Timmy MacColl 'may have been kidnapped by bikers' in Dubai
12:47pm Tuesday 4th September 2012 in Fareham
Timmy MacColl
POLICE investigating the disappearance of a Hampshire sailor in Dubai are said to looking at the possibility he was kidnapped by a biker gang.
Gosport sailor Timmy MacColl was was last seen on May 27.
He was caught on CCTV talking to a man in motorcycle leathers outside a bar in the city.
Recently, there have been clashes between motorcycle gangs and police in Dubai.
The sailor's uncle-in-law, Neil Cunningham, said: "Dubai police have confirmed to me they are following up on the bikers. We cannot rule this out. Three or four years ago, there were four Liverpudlians who went missing and it was four or five months before they got in touch. It turned out they had been sold between organised crime gangs."
Comments(5)
erica smith
says...
2:05pm Tue 4 Sep 12
rudolph_hucker
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4:00pm Tue 4 Sep 12
cantthinkofone
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5:01pm Tue 4 Sep 12
erica smith wrote:The world's always been like this. We just find out about it quicker these days.
I sincerely hope he is well and found soon. What is the world coming to I ask myself?
1612 amanda
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7:37am Wed 5 Sep 12
Laura85 says...
1:53pm Tue 4 Sep 12