Seven arrests after attempted kidnapping near Bari

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 26 - Seven people arrested Thursday after an alleged attempted kidnapping near Bari last year, police said.
    The arrests were made in Bari, Barletta-Andria-Trani, and other Puglian provinces, they said.
    The alleged gang panned to abduct a Barletta businessman on April 22 last year and hold him for ransom.
    Two members of the gang were to demand the ransom money from the wife and daughter of the businessman, who has not been named.
    The alleged gang also tried two other previous kidnappings in the Bari area, police said.
    Those arrested and taken into jail preventive custody were named as Amerigo Elia aka Rino (57), Giuseppe Lapenna (49), Luigi Pistillo aka Gino (39), Savino Gorgoglione (37), Paolo Antolino (51), and Giovanni Matarrese (55), while Vincenzo Zicchillo (26) was placed under house arrest. (ANSA).