The gendarmes of the PSIG, here in training, participated in the arrest of the five suspects (archives). - William Abenhaim / SIPA

Five people suspected of kidnapping and forcible confinement were arrested on Tuesday in Sorgues by sixty gendarmes, we learned from a source familiar with the matter, confirming information from La Provence . These five Vauclusians, aged 19 to 25, are suspected of having kidnapped, kidnapped in a cellar and raped a 22-year-old Nîmes.

He owed them money for drug trafficking. Three of the five men were placed in pre-trial detention. The other two will be referred this Thursday.

The investigation lasted four months: the events took place in mid-November. The young Nîmes, who used to frequent this sensitive city of Sorgues, had fallen into a real trap. While he was being held in a cellar, the kidnappers had demanded a ransom of 2,000 euros from his father. After his release, the victim went to the gendarmes.

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