13/10/2005

Missing teenager found 'safe and well'

A Co Antrim teenager who went missing from her home last week has been found, police have said.

Emma Wilson, 15, went missing from her home in Dhu Varren, Portrush, on October 6. At the time, detectives said they believed she may have been abducted after she was last seen boarding a train to Belfast with an older man on Tuesday.

It is understood the teenager was sighted by staff at a Belfast railway station on Wednesday. Detectives say she is safe and well.

Police said that a man has been arrested and is assisting police with their inquiries.

(MB/SP)

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