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“Get in the van”: Police investigate attempted child abduction outside St Ambrose College

Police are investigating an attempted child abduction outside St Ambrose College in Hale Barns.

Police are investigating an attempted child abduction outside St Ambrose College in Hale Barns.

An 11-year-old boy was on Hale Road close to the school when was approached by a man in a van at around 3.25pm yesterday afternoon, October 12th.

The man said “get in the van” to the boy through the driver’s window, police said.

He was driving a flatbed van and is described as black, in his 30s, with dark hair in a quiff style, with rotten or missing teeth.

Police said that an investigation was underway and high visibility patrols were in place around the local area.

Anyone with any information should call 101 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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