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Major search and rescue operation underway for missing child near Devizes

Wiltshire Police says "the child has been found safe".

byDaniel Jae Webb
18 November 2020 | 4.23pm
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A major search is underway near Devizes for a missing 12-year-old this afternoon.

Police officers, working with Wiltshire Search and Rescue (WILSAR) volunteers, are conducting a search operation in the Little Cheverell area.

The National Police Air Service helicopter is en-route from Bournemouth. It’s expected to arrive over the town by around 4.45pm.

A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: “We were called to reports of a 12-year-old child believed to have gone missing in the West Lavington area shortly after 2pm.”

At present, the force has not issued a description or photograph of the missing child but says it may “appeal directly for media for support in due course”.


UPDATE 5.35PM: Wiltshire Police says “the child has been found safe”.


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