Police use drone to find teenager held captive by alleged rapist

♦ Police used a drone to find a missing 16-year-old girl who dialled 999 to say she had been raped and was being held captive.

The teenager said she was being held captive, but did not know where she was, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

She told officers she was on land somewhere in Boston, Lincolnshire, and that her attacker was still nearby.

While on the phone, police recognised the description of the site given by the girl as a “huge old industrial complex surrounded by an eight foot fence”.

Officers used the thermal imaging camera on the drone to track down the pair to the location near the Brown’s Road area of the town within minutes.

A man aged in his 30s was arrested and detained on suspicion of rape while the girl was supported by specially-trained officers.

A spokesman for Lincolnshire Police said: “Our drone unit helped to locate her and she was found with a man in his 30s. The girl disclosed that she had been raped and the man was arrested and remains in custody.

“Officers from our Emerald Team, who are specifically trained to support victims of rape and sexual assaults, are supporting the victim.”