In­ves­ti­ga­tions are on­go­ing in­to the ab­duc­tion and rob­bery of a Chi­nese busi­ness­man in Cunu­pia on Wednes­day.

The vic­tim, a 33-year-old pro­pri­etor of Jin Du Restau­rant and Bar in Curepe, was at­tacked out­side his home at Bam­boo Creek, Chin Chin, Cunu­pia, around 12.25 am.

Ac­cord­ing to a po­lice re­port, the busi­ness­man was ac­cost­ed by three sus­pects, all armed with firearms and wear­ing gloves and face masks.

The sus­pects emerged from a black Nis­san X-trail with reg­is­tra­tion PBY 3352, false­ly claim­ing to be po­lice of­fi­cers and pre­sent­ing a pur­port­ed search war­rant.

The first sus­pect, de­scribed as heavy-built and armed with a pis­tol, re­lieved the vic­tim of $17,000 in cash, his cell­phone, and his wal­let.

Mean­while, the oth­er two sus­pects searched the vic­tim’s ve­hi­cle.

The sec­ond sus­pect was de­scribed as slim, ap­prox­i­mate­ly six feet tall, and armed with a ri­fle, while the third was medi­um-built and five feet ten inch­es tall.

The sus­pects then forced the vic­tim in­to their ve­hi­cle, claim­ing they were tak­ing him to the po­lice sta­tion. He was lat­er re­leased along Bridal Road near Fos­ter Road, where his cell­phone and wal­let were re­turned to him.

The po­lice are urg­ing any­one with in­for­ma­tion on the in­ci­dent to come for­ward as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue.