Police are investigating the alleged kidnapping of a man who was discovered tied up and beaten in Mississauga Thursday afternoon.

Authorities say they responded to a call around 5:20 p.m. and located the male victim in a ditch east of Winston Churchill Boulevard near Highway 7.

The man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

York police say the alleged kidnapping happened in the area of Kennedy Road and Matheson Boulevard.

No further details of the circumstances surrounding the incident were released.