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Shropshire

Two women arrested after baby boy taken from home found

The baby boy is being checked over by hospital staff.

Updated 7PM.

A NINE-WEEK-OLD baby boy who was taken from his home in Shropshire, England has been found.

It’s understood that he is currently being checked over by hospital staff and will be reunited with his family shortly.

Two local women have been arrested on suspicion of child abduction and are currently in police custody.

Officers were called to the home at Manor Road in Arleston, Telford at around 3pm.

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