THE IDENTITY of a man is still unknown three days after he was bundled into a car and snatched from a residential street.

Police are desperately trying to find the man who was kidnapped from Princes Terrace Brighton at 5pm on Sunday.

Footage of the man being bundled into a car was caught on CCTV by a member of Argus staff.

Police are now urging people to look at the footage and tell them if they know who it is.

A resident in Princes Terrace called 999 after watching the horrific incident unfold from their living room window.

Another resident in the street – who works for The Argus – captured the man arriving in the street in a taxi then being violently shoved into a car and driven away by three men. 

Three men aged 23, 29 and 34 were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to kidnap. They currently remain in custody.

The CCTV shows two men walking close to the taxi rank in Queen's Square in Brighton shortly after 5.30pm on Sunday. Police need to trace them to check they are safe and well.

The next part of the footage was recorded on security cameras in Princes Terrace shortly before 6pm. It features two men standing next to a parked red car in the road. When a white taxi pulls up close by, the men move towards it.

The footage then cuts to a white Vauxhall Astra parked nearby. A number of men get out of the vehicle and go out of the view of the camera. A group of figures are then seen dragging another man to the Vauxhall and forcing him inside before the car is driven off.

Detective Inspector Gordon Denslow said: "Although the footage is not of high quality, it is clear enough to show the drama of what happened. I am hopeful that it could prompt someone who has seen something - like the Vauxhall being driven away at speed or men arguing inside it - to contact us.

"We urgently need to speak to the two men shown at the start of the footage. We have no evidence that they have been harmed but we need to find them to make sure that they are ok.

"If you know who they are or you know where they could be, please contact us.

"We also need to speak to anyone who may have seen the Vauxhall Astra before or after the kidnapping and to any other witnesses, in particular a man in a white van who drove along Princes Terrace at the time of the incident and could have important information about what happened."

Anyone with information should email 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk, call 101 quoting Operation Wave or contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.