Surrey,England - Police helicopter hunts for boy 'seen taken into van'

The strangest thing about this story is why has the child not been reported missing?

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Image captionA small mountain bike with a silver frame and black and yellow detail was left at the scene on Redstone Hill

A large-scale police hunt is under way for a young boy who was reportedly seen being taken into a van in Surrey.

The child, aged six or seven, is believed to have been put into a black Volkswagen van in Redstone Hill, Redhill, on Thursday afternoon.

The owner of a van pictured in a CCTV image circulated by police has been traced and ruled out of the inquiry.

Surrey Police said officers were treating the report with the "utmost urgency and seriousness".

The police helicopter based at Redhill has been involved in the search.

A member of the public told Surrey Police they saw the boy being taken at 16:43 BST on Thursday.

However, no parent has reported a child matching the description as being missing.

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Image captionThe owner of a black VW Transporter pictured in police CCTV has been traced and ruled out

Supt Chris Edwards said the child, described as white, approximately 4ft (1.2m) tall, and wearing a red T-shirt and navy blue jeans, was reported to be "messing about" with a bike at the scene.

A bike, believed to belong to the child, was left behind.

"We are treating the matter with the utmost urgency and seriousness as parents would expect us to do," said Mr Edwards.

"We are really interested to speak to anybody who may have been in the Redstone Hill area between 16.30 BST and 17:00 BST yesterday afternoon."

see-http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-37192134