A man was abducted in Paphos on Wednesday evening, police said after finding the car used to take him in Tremithousa village.

According to Paphos Police Spokesman Michalis Nicolaou at 5:45 pm police received an anonymous tip that a man was beaten and shoved into a vehicle by four African men outside of a pizza place in Chlorakas.

Police said that they were informed about the licence plate numbers of the car, and that they began to search for it.

At the scene, police cordoned it off and took some evidence, which included a shoe and a mobile phone, which are believed to belong to the victim or the assailants.

Police said that during their investigations they found that the car is registered to a man not in Paphos, who he told police he sold to a Greek Cypriot through a website.

Later, police found the vehicle parked outside an apartment building in Tremithousa.

Police are monitoring the vehicle, and investigations are ongoing int eh area to find the owner of the vehicle and then the other passengers and the man that was abducted.

Nicolaou said that police are continuing the investigations.