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Samantha Croal & Neil Murphy

Police race to B&M after 'woman tries to snatch child'

Police have launched a probe after reports that a woman 'tried to snatch a child' outside a B&M store.

Officers were called to an incident outside the store in Kent, yesterday at 10.30am.

Initial reports suggested that a child was "close to being abducted" by a woman.

However, Kent Police denied that a girl was in danger of being taken after being contacted by the Mirror.

Officers attended the scene but no arrests have been made.

Police were called to the incident at around 9.35pm this evening (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

A Kent Police statement read: "At 10.35am on Saturday 12 September, Kent Police received a third party report regarding suspicious behaviour that had happened earlier at a store in Medway Street, Gillingham.

"Officers are conducting enquiries into the incident."

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