Israel Police said to have assisted Ghanaian security forces in securing businessman's release.
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Dror Weinstein, an Israeli businessman in his sixties who was kidnapped in Ghana last week, was released in a commando operation conducted by Ghanaian security forces and aided by the Israel Police, it was reported Thursday evening.
Quoting the Foreign Ministry, Channel 2 reported that several days ago, Ghanaian authorities had turned to the Israel Police for help in securing Weinstein's release and that the police had assisted the Ghanaians by giving instructions to their security forces and by sending an expert to the West African country.
Hours before Weinstein's release early Thursday morning, Tel Aviv Police commander Ch.-Supt. Yossi Ben-Naim reportedly arrived in Ghana to assist in the negotiations with the captors, but Tel Aviv Police stressed that neither Ben-Naim nor any other Israeli were directly involved in Weinstein's release.
Weinstein's captors were demanding a $30,000 ransom for his release after kidnapping him last Tuesday.
The kidnappers initially demanded half a million dollars, but later reduced the ransom.
On August 26, Ehud Avni a businessman from Ra'anana, was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. He was released on September 1 after a ransom was apparently paid to his kidnappers.
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