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Amber Alert cancelled as child found safe, suspect arrested: Alberta RCMP

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Amber Alert cancelled for missing 7-year-old, suspect arrested
Amber Alert cancelled for missing 7-year-old, suspect arrested

An Amber Alert for a seven-year-old girl who was reportedly abducted from her home was cancelled an hour and a half after being issued.

The child was found safe by police and her alleged abductor was arrested and is now in custody, according to an RCMP update via the Alberta Emergency Alert system just before noon Monday.

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Global News is no longer reporting the identity of the child or the adult.

Police did not say when the alleged abduction occurred, but the alert was issued for the entire province at 10:15 a.m. MT Monday.

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