Drug ripoff allegedly set off kidnapping, $2,000 ransom demand

Full story: The Gazette

A daylong ordeal in which an El Paso County man was abducted, beaten and held for ransom began when he set up a bogus drug deal in which a buyer was conned into paying $2,000 for biscuit mix, authorities allege.

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