Kidnap gang fails in ransom bid

Police have launched an appeal for information on a gang who abducted a woman from south Belfast last week.

The victim was forced to drive her white Audi from Dudley street to Glencolin Close in west Belfast.

She was then put into a white van while her captors demanded money from her relative, who manages a petrol station.

She was released unhurt hours later on the Ballykennedy Road at Nutt's Corner after the kidnappers failed to get any money.

Detectives would like to hear from anyone who noticed a white Audi, with paint damage on the bonnet, driven by a woman with a male passenger on 24 November.

They are also seeking witnesses who saw the van at Nutt's Corner.