Six arrested on suspicion of abducting girls

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of abducting two girls after they disappeared from a town in Warwickshire.

Police said three men and three women had been arrested and remained in custody after the girls went missing from Rugby and were found in Cornwall on Tuesday.

Two men, 62 and 25, and a 56-year-old woman from Tintagel, Cornwall, were arrested earlier along with two women, 75 and 47, from Rugby and a 42-year-old man from Falmouth.

The girls, aged 11 and 12, had last been seen in the Newbold area of Rugby during the early hours on Sunday before they were found on Tuesday, Warwickshire Police said.

Police said the girls had previously lived in Cornwall and were investigating how they managed to travel more than 200 miles.

They were found "safe and well" by Devon and Cornwall officers after carrying out house-to-house inquiries and the police helicopter.

"The people who are currently in custody are all known to the girls so there was and is no wider threat to the community," Det Ch Supt Jon Belcher said.

Detectives will carry out house-to-house inquiries in Rugby with an increased presence in the area over the next few days.

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