A man was allegedly kidnapped by a group of four young men, bashed and forced to travel more than 1000 kilometres, sparking a major interstate police operation.

The alleged abduction began in a car park outside an Adelaide Mexican restaurant and ended near Goulburn, NSW, with the then-59-year-old only managing to escape after seeking help at a petrol station, a court has heard.

Documents released as Kitione Mahe, 21, was granted strict bail in the NSW Supreme Court allege he and three co-accused threatened to harm the complainant and his wife if he defied the group’s orders.

The frightening ordeal allegedly began when the youths first met with the older man in the car park of the Zambrero restaurant in Reynella, South Adelaide, on April 2.

Police say the co-accused and alleged victim h

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