Police investigate an attempted child abduction in Saint-Léonard, N.B., seek public help

RCMP are seeking help in identifying a suspect in an investigation of an attempted child abduction that happened Wednesday afternoon in Saint-Léonard, N.B.

Police were called to a home on Chemin de la Montagne around 3 p.m. after a man allegedly attempted to get two young children into his vehicle, outside of the home.

According to police when an adult approached the man, he fled the scene in a van.

After a search of the area, police were unable to find the man or the vehicle. Now, they are asking anyone with information to call police.

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The man is described as tall and slim. Police say he was wearing a blue baseball hat with white lettering and a blue shirt.

He was driving a grey van, described as similar to a Dodge Caravan, with no licence plate and had a long antenna on the back of the van.

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