BREAKING: Police are investigating a potential abduction of two children, aged three and five, after a man allegedly entered a home and stole a Mercedes. 9News
Police cannot confirm if it is a kidnapping at this stage.
The man entered the Blackburn North home on Springfield Road while a mother and her two children were inside. It is alleged he then stole the family's black 2014 Mercedes Benz C200 sedan with registration BEQ 882.CCTV shows the man leaving the property just after 8.45am, with the car last seen driving east along Springfield Road.Police said the children are both of Asian appearance.A man entered a Blackburn North property, where two children are unaccounted for.
A man who lives at the address, who is not believed to have been at home at the time, is also with police.The man police are chasing is described as having dark skin and was wearing a black hooded jumper and a face mask at the time. Armed Crime Squad detectives have released an image of the exact car missing and a second image which is a stock photo of the same vehicle."Detectives are also asking anyone who was travelling in the Blackburn North area from 8am this morning and who has dash cam, to please check the footage for any sightings of this vehicle," a Victoria Police statement read.
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