Three men have been charged with kidnap and blackmail over an incident in Randalstown last week.
Two other men have been charged with withholding information and assisting offenders.
The alleged kidnapping victim was taken from his home in Randalstown last Thursday by a gang who drove him away in his car before demanding a ransom.
He was released near Armoy in the early hours of Friday. A woman charged with kidnapping faced court on Tuesday.
Sabrina Andria McCooke, 31, from Carrowreagh Road in Armoy, was also charged with blackmail.
The three men facing kidnap and blackmail charges are aged 39, 33 and 32. They will appear before Coleraine Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
The other two, aged 19 and 21, will appear in court in Ballymena in December.
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