Sussex Police are investigating a report of a possible child abduction from outside Churchill Square Shopping Centre in Brighton between 3.30pm and 3.45pm today. Police received a report that a man may have “picked up a small child and walked off”.
A Spokesperson for Sussex Police said:
Police are investigating a report of a possible child abduction outside Churchill Square, Brighton, between 3.30pm and 3.45pm on Monday (5 November).
However there has been no reports of missing children and no trace of the possible suspect and the child on CCTV cameras.
Officers have made a wide search of the area and the police helicopter is also searching, after we received a report that a man may have picked up a small child and walked off. Enquiries are also being made to establish whether the child was actually with their parents.
More than 400 taxi drivers were alerted of the incident, according to the Argus.
Streamline Taxis said: “We received a message from police at 5.15pm about an abduction of a girl at Churchill Square. We were asked to put the message to our drivers. We haven’t heard any more updates yet.”
Anyone who may have seen anyone acting suspiciously at that time outside Churchill Square and Western Road area or has any information about this is asked to contact police by ringing 999 quoting serial 903 of 03/11.
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