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Teenagers abducted

04/05/2008

TWO teenage boys were abducted from Berwick, put in the back of a boot and driven at high speeds through Casey and Cardinia recently.
Police said a 15-year-old youth from Narre Warren and a 17-year-old from Berwick were walking along the Princes Highway about 4am on Sunday, 18 February when two men approached and bundled them into a car.
Narre Warren Detective Senior Sergeant Ian Wilcox said it was a random attack and the victims did not know the men.
The teenagers received minor injuries during their ordeal.
Two 19-year-old men, one from Beaconsfield and one from Berwick, have been charged with false imprisonment and serious assault.

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