Police have charged three people following an alleged kidnapping in Sydney's southwest over the weekend.
About 7.30pm yesterday (Sunday 2 November 2025), officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command received a report that a 42-year-old man had allegedly been kidnapped from a home in Riverwood about 8am the same day.
Police were told a group of unknown people had allegedly forced their way into the Riverwood home before assaulting the 42-year-old man and leaving the scene with him.
Officers established a crime scene at the home and detectives attached to Campsie Police Area Command took carriage of the investigation into the incident.
Following extensive investigations, detectives – with assistance from officers attached to Auburn and Cumberland Police Area Commands – attended a home on Susan Street, Auburn, about 8.30pm.
On arrival, police located the 42-year-old man allegedly being assaulted by a woman before she and two other men ran from the scene.
Police arrested a 44-year-old woman – and two men – aged 28 and 33 – before taking all three to Burwood Police Station.
The 42-year-old man was assessed by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to hospital for further treatment for a stab wound to his arm and finger.
Police established a second crime scene at the Auburn address and seized a Mitsubishi.
The woman and 28-year-old man were charged with aggravated enter dwelling with intent – deprive liberty, take/detain person in company with intent obtain advantage and wound person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The 33-year-old man was charged with contravene prohibition/restriction in AVO.
They were refused bail and will appear before Burwood Local Court today (Monday 3 November 2025).
