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.