23/10/2006

Two arrested in investigation into teenager's abduction

Police investigating the abduction of a teenage girl from a street in Wrexham on Friday have arrested two people, according to reports.

It is understood that a man has been arrested and charged with perverting the course of justice, while a woman is believed to be in police custody on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Police have been conducting a search for a man in connection with the abduction.

The fifteen-year-old girl was abducted from a street in Wrexham on Friday afternoon. Witnesses said that they saw the girl being forced into a white LDV van.

The girl was found safe near Bangor early on Saturday morning. The van was also found abandoned at a farm outside Bangor.

(KMcA/EF)


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