Man Forced Into Car, Drugged and Robbed Outside LES Bar: NYPD

LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — A trio fo robbers forced a man into a car and drugged him outside of a popular Lower East Side bar, police said.

Three people approached the 27-year-old outside of Pianos, at 158 Ludlow Street, on June 22 at 2 a.m. when one of the robbers ordered the victim into a car parked near the venue. After entering the vehicle, the victim was forced to drink an "unknown substance" as he was driven to Unionport in the Bronx, police said.

The car pulled up to Banco Popular at 1170 Castle Hill Avenue where the kidnappers demanded the victim withdraw cash. He forked over $260, his debit card, iPhone and Longines watch before he was dumped near Bruckner Boulevard and East Tremont Avenue, officials said.

Police released an image of a suspect and describe the man as 25 to 35 years old with a black mustache and beard.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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