Peel and Halton police are investigating after a male was found bound and beaten in a ditch in Halton Hills Thursday afternoon.

The discovery was made on Winston Churchill Boulevard, near Highway 7, at around 5 p.m.

According to police, the patient was discovered tied up, beaten and suffering from hypothermia.

He was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators are looking into a connection between the discovery and a possible abduction in the Kennedy Road and Matheson Boulevard area in Mississauga, Peel police said.