The two victims had allegedly been lured to the area under the guise of buying a vehicle.
A 21-year-old man will appear in court on a raft of violent kidnapping and robbery charges in Westmere, Auckland.
Police said detectives were piecing together other similar violent offences in parts of Auckland over recent months.
Acting Detective Senior Sergeant Logan Jackson said the incident occurred in Westmere on the night of July 2.
The two victims had allegedly been lured to the area under the guise of buying a vehicle.
“These two men were subjected to a horrific ordeal over a number of hours,” Jackson said.
“On arrival at a meeting point in Westmere, the men were allegedly forced into a waiting vehicle, forced to withdraw money, and were subjected to an assault.”
Both men were treated for injuries in hospital.
Charges include two counts of kidnapping, aggravated robbery, aggravated wounding, unlawfully taking a motor vehicle, and assaults with intent to injure.
The man will appear in the Auckland District Court today.
Investigations are continuing into a similar incident in Sandringham in early June in which two men are already before the court on kidnapping offences.
“Detectives at Mt Roskill CIB have been working through numerous inquiries to get to the point where we are today.
“Police will continue to oppose the bail of this man, and we cannot rule out further charges being laid as our investigations continue.”
Jaime Lyth is a multimedia journalist for the New Zealand Herald focusing on crime and breaking news. Lyth began working under the NZ Herald masthead in 2021 as a reporter for the Northern Advocate in Whangārei.
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