Po­lice are search­ing for a Venezue­lan woman who was kid­napped on Sun­day night from the carpark of the Dou­ble Palm Inn in Cen­tral Trinidad.

The woman was iden­ti­fied as Anyeliz Maria Laverde Ve­lasquez, 25, of Mc Bean, Cou­va.

A 35-year-old labour­er, who re­port­ed the in­ci­dent around 9 am yes­ter­day, told po­lice he paid a $5,000 ran­som but she was not re­leased.

The man, who lives at the same ad­dress, told po­lice that around 8.30 pm on Sun­day, he dropped the woman at Dou­ble Palm Inn carpark, Der­rick Road, Chase Vil­lage, to meet a friend and saw her en­ter a black Toy­ota Aqua.

As he left the com­pound, and parked on the road, he heard her call­ing for help. The black Aqua then drove off with her. Short­ly af­ter, a man called his phone and de­mand­ed $5,000 for her re­lease.

Around 10 pm, the male caller di­rect­ed him to Car­li Bay Road in Cou­va to pay the ran­som.

When he ar­rived, he met two sus­pects, one of whom point­ed a gun at him and an­nounced a holdup. They took the mon­ey and left.

He told po­lice calls to the woman’s phone have gone unan­swered and he does not know her where­abouts.

The An­ti Kid­nap­ping Unit was con­tact­ed and is in­ves­ti­gat­ing.