Tarran Gallai Returns Home After Alleged Kidnapping Outside Debe Pharmacy

Seventy-seven-year-old Tarran Gallai was kidnapped outside a pharmacy, held overnight and forced to withdraw more than $100,000 from his bank account, seven months after a similar abduction in Couva. He says he was left traumatised but believes faith helped him survive, and is urging elderly people to take extra precautions when visiting banks. പൊലീസ് haven’t made any arrests.

A 77-year-old Penal retiree returned home Monday after disappearing on Sunday, saying two armed men abducted him outside a pharmacy in Debe. Police are investigating bank transactions and withdrawals totaling $142,486.80, including $130,000 taken from a Marabella branch, while his burnt Toyota Yaris was found in St Margaret’s.

A 77-year-old Penal retiree returned home Monday after reporting that two armed men kidnapped him outside a Debe pharmacy, then forced him to make bank withdrawals and card transactions totalling $142,486.80. Police are also investigating a burnt Toyota Yaris linked to him, while detectives and his family say he appeared traumatised.

Police in Trinidad and Tobago are seeking help to find 77-year-old Taran Gallai of Penal, who was last seen on Sunday, September 27. He was reported missing the next day, and officers are asking anyone with information to contact the Penal Police Station or Crime Stoppers.