Under police guard is a man who endured severe mutilation after being tortured by alleged drug barons in Portugal.
James Ross, a 26-year-old former convict, experienced terrifying injuries during a 13-day kidnapping ordeal reminiscent of the notorious ‘ear cutting’ scene from Reservoir Dogs, though Ross endured even worse fates.
He endured the severing of a testicle, his wedding finger, an ear, two toes, and both of his tendons were cut. Authorities have stated that he was fortunate to survive.
Connected to a Scottish crime family, Ross was abducted at Faro airport and subjected to torment at a residence in the Algarve.
Law enforcement suspects the gang intended for him to die slowly after a drug deal went awry.
Police began seeking Ross, hailing from Wick in the Scottish Highlands, after his wife received menacing phone calls from the kidnappers.
This brutal treatment is thought to be connected to an unpaid drug debt of £10,000.
Indicators showed that the Ross family had fled in haste from their home.
In front of their mid-terrace house, a child’s bike and scooter were left behind, and a For Sale sign was visible in the garden.
Additionally, a neighbor reported that the family’s two pet rabbits were discovered deceased in the backyard the previous Monday.
He was located bleeding in the street of Boliqueime after managing to escape from his captors.
Currently, four Britons have been detained in a Lisbon prison on kidnapping charges.
