‘Dad arrested’ as six-year-old boys found found after police appeal
Fazal Hossenbux and his twin boys found 130 miles from where they were last seen outside a nursery in South London
A DAD at the centre of a nationwide police hunt after going missing with his twin six-year-old sons was believed to be in police custody today after the boys were found safe and well.
Police said Farden and Farhan Hossenbux were found this morning in Cheltenham, Glos, more than 130 miles from their home in Croydon.
Police issued an appeal to find their father Fazal Hossenbux, 54, who was believed to have "health issues".
He and the twins were last seen outside the nursery in Thornton Heath, Surrey, before they disappeared three days ago.
Today Gloucestershire Constabulary refused to confirm that the arrested man was Mr Hossenbux.
The force said: "A 54-year-old man from Croydon, London, has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and is currently in police custody.
"The arrest happened after a vehicle was stopped in Cheltenham at around 9.15am today.
"Two children were also present who are safe and well."
The Met police said it has called off its missing persons search.
Last night officers said they were actively seeking the family and appealed for anybody who has seen the man and two boys, Farhan and Farden to contact them urgently.
The father was described as 5ft 6ins tall, with white receding hair and a grey beard.
Scotland Yard said the force was concerned for their welfare, adding Fazal suffers from a number of medical issues.
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A spokesman said: "Police are appealing for the public's help to find a man and his two children who are missing from Croydon.
"Fazal Hossenbux, 54, was last seen with his twin boys at 3.30pm on Tuesday at the children's nursery in the Thornton Heath area.
"His sons - Farden and Farhan Hossenbux - are six years old. Mr Hossenbux was said to know the Southend on Sea area quite well but it was not known whether he was heading there."
Police said that Fazal, who is separated from the twins' mother, was given her permission to pick the boys up from nursery.
He was expected to collect them and return them to her home but has vanished with them.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "The children reside with their mother and the father was granted permission to collect them from nursery."
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