Akure – The police in Akure have  uncovered the hideout of  a gang of kidnappers operating in Akure and its environs.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),  DSP Adeniran Aremu, told newsmen that  the police discovered the hideout at  Alagbaka Estate.

The  hideout is a three-bedroom bungalow behind an uncompleted one-storey building on Akin Akingbola Street, Alagbaka.

The hideout is also only one kilometre away from  the State Police  Command  and very close to a Federal High Court and a school.

The building was, however, devoid of any furniture safe for a rug in one of the rooms, blue rope used to tie their victims, empty packets of cigarettes, gas lighters as well as one candle stick.

The gang members, the police spokesman said, often  gained  access to the building for their criminal activities through a broken window

But one of the suspected kidnappers  told  journalists that  they rented the building for N150,000 a year.

The suspect said they used to keep anybody they kidnapped  in the house until ransom was paid. (NAN)