The man was reported well, Police said in a press release.

According to the release, he is employed with United Energy Service, a firm contracted to GWI for the installation of the Rural Water Interconnection System, and was reported kidnapped at about 10:00 hrs at his worksite at Strathspey and taken into Buxton.

Police said four gunmen reportedly arrived at the worksite on bicycles, pushed the Trinidadian into a pick-up van parked nearby and drove off into Buxton.

The vehicle was later found abandoned at nearby Vigilance, the release said.

It could not be confirmed whether a ransom was paid for the release of the Trinidadian.

He was the second Trinidad national attached to GWI projects kidnapped while working on the East Coast.

A gang of 15 men, most of whom were armed, last month kidnapped a Trinidadian near Buxton.

The victim was later released and reported well.

According to the Police, the contractor and other employees were doing excavation works along the Buxton/Annandale Railway Embankment road when the gang abducted him and retreated into Buxton.

Several other workers were reportedly robbed of cash and jewellery by the gang.