Two more people have been charged in connection to an alleged kidnapping in Nipigon.
Police say a man was abducted, forcibly confined and assaulted with a gun in Nipigon on September 14th, but managed to escape and was taken to hospital with significant injuries.
A few days later, on September 18th, police arrested 29-year old Harold Robert Sault, of Lake Helen First Nation, and on Wednesday, they say they picked up 45-year old Jayson Lawson-Balodis, of Nipigon, charging both men with a number of offenses.
They remain in custody, facing a kidnapping while using certain firearms charge, also aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, and a variety of firearm related offenses.
Police have Andrew Otway, of Thunder Bay, and Billy John Thompson, of Nipigon, also in custody.
