Dwayne Mcleod, Staff Reporter

A 15-year-old girl on Wednesday had the scare of her life and is counting her blessings after she was abducted, almost raped at gunpoint and her mother was ordered to pay millions for her release.

There are also unconfirmed reports that after being freed, the youngster was left naked and forced to go on to the busy Hope Road where she sought to get a ride home.

The Half-Way Tree police reported that on Wednesday at about 1:22 p.m., the teenager, who attends a Corporate Area high school, was travelling in a taxi from Half-Way Tree to Hope Road.

Upon reaching the vicinity of Hope Road and Sandhurst Avenue, a blue Suzuki Swift motor car stopped the taxi and two men, one armed with a gun, alighted from the vehicle.

They then ordered the taxi driver into the other vehicle. The armed man then went into the taxi and proceeded to cover the faces of the teenager and another passenger with black plastic bags.

Further reports are that they then drove to an unknown location where he tried to pull off the teenager's underwear.

She refused, so he took her cellphone and sent a text message to her mother, demanding a $15-million ransom for her safe return.

He afterwards returned the cellphone before driving away, leaving both passengers stranded.

The teen walked on to Hope Road where she eventually got a drive to go home. The Half-Way Tree police are investigating.