A young woman has been arrested after a four-year-old boy was said to have ‘gone missing’ in Suffolk.
Quinton had last been seen on Sands Lane in Lowestoft ‘with a group of people before he ran off’ at around 9.20am this morning.
An urgent police appeal was issued but it was confirmed no less than three hours later the toddler had been found safe and well in another county.
Police have now confirmed a 23-year-old woman was subsequently arrested at the scene on suspicion of wasting police time.
She was taken to taken to Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre for questioning, where she currently remains.
It comes after detectives issued an urgent appeal at 10.50am after the boy was reported missing, before confirming at 1.40pm that he had been found.
A Suffolk Constabulary spokesman had told MailOnline this afternoon: ‘A four-year-old boy who had been reported as missing from Lowestoft has been located.
Sands Lane in Lowestoft, where the four-year-old boy had last been seen (file photograph)
‘Quinton was reported missing this morning, but he was subsequently found safe and well. Police would like to thank the media and the public for their assistance.’
The boy was described by police as having short blonde, curly hair and was wearing a black, chequered jumper.
Sands Lane is a residential road in the Oulton area on the western edge of Lowestoft.
