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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nazia Parveen

Man and two teenagers arrested on suspicion of child abduction in Birmingham

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Police found the two girls in the early hours of Sunday morning. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

A man and two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction after two 13-year-old girls went missing.

West Midlands police said officers had found the two girls at an address in the Washwood Heath area of Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday, after they were last seen on Friday night.

They went missing after getting off the number 97 bus on Garrison Lane in Bordesley Green, Birmingham at around 9pm, sparking an extensive police search.

Police said early on Sunday that the girls had been found safe.

They are said to be well and are receiving specialist support, the force said.

A 27-year-old man and two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction and are currently in police custody.

Supt Tom Chisholm from the force’s CID said: “We would like to thank everyone who shared our appeal to assist in tracing these two girls.

“We are now in the process of investigating the full circumstances and would ask anyone with information which could help our inquiry to call us on 101.”

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