Child located in Thornlands, QLD

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate the caregivers of a boy who was found unaccompanied in Thornlands this afternoon.

Just before 5pm a member of the public raised the alarm after finding the boy alone along George Thorn Drive.

He was taken to the safety of a local police station, is uninjured and in good spirits, however has communication difficulties.

He is Caucasian, approximately ten years old, 130cm tall with a proportionate build and ginger hair. He is wearing a lime green t-shirt with ‘darth vader’ motif and light blue shorts without shoes.

Police appeal to the caregivers of the boy, or anyone who may know their identity to come forward.

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