Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — Angry residents in west Playa del Carmen tied two men together accused of trying to extort them. The two men were captured by residents in Las Torres Sunday and tied for police after being accused of demanding 10,000 pesos.
Angry residents said the two men arrived in their neighborhood around 4:30 p.m. demanding payments of 10,000 pesos under threat of cutting off their electricity. The demands were made after a clandestine installation had been carried out by the two men days earlier.
According to neighbors’ testimony, the two suspects had installed cables to supply electricity to the area last week. They returned Sunday demanding a monthly payment in exchange for not cutting off the service.
Men from the neighborhood captured the pair and tied them together. Police found one of the men had been pinned with a sign that read “Know Them Extortionists Thieves.”
