Four people were arrested in Rome
Friday on suspicion of kidnapping a 9-year-old boy to force his
mother to return a drug shipment worth some 5,000 euros, police
said. The boy was freed by police after 48 hours. Police
arrested a man, 25, with a long criminal record, his 30-year-old
sister, his 54-year-old mother and another 25-year-old woman who
allegedly made her house available for the kidnapping. The
arrested are accused of kidnapping for extortion, aggravated by
the youth of the victim. The leader of the gang was identified
as Marco Ricci, the sister as Francesca Ricci, the mother as
Palma Codemi and the house owner as Sonia Cataldi. The boy's
identity will remain a secret because of Italian legal rules.
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