A MAN has been arrested with the attempted abduction of a three-year-old child.
The young girl was with an older relative in Leicester Street, Wolverhampton, at around 5.15pm on Thursday evening.
Yesterday, West Midlands Police launched an appeal and released a photo of a man.
The force said a man tried to pick up and take the girl while she was outside a house with an older relative.
But he was stopped by the child’s mother, police added.
He was thought to have left in the direction of Harrow Street.
The child was not injured during what is being treated as an isolated incident.
Now cops have detained a 37-year-old man in the city.
He was arrested on suspicion of attempting to kidnap the young girl and is in custody for questioning.
Det Insp Nicola Pestel, at Wolverhampton CID, said: “We’ve had officers from across our local teams working hard on this investigation.
“We’ve been following a number of lines of enquiry and this arrest is a significant step forward.
“We fully understand the concerns this will have caused but we do believe it is an isolated incident.”
Anyone with information is asked to get in touch with West Midlands Police via 101, or Live Chat, quoting log 3766 of January 9.
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