Child stealing charges at Fernvale, QLD

Police have charged a woman after an alleged child abduction at Fernvale last night, Queensland Police say.

It will be alleged that around 9pm a woman, who is known to the children, was allegedly seen taking a 4-year-old girl and a 1-year-old boy and putting them into a car.

Police issued an amber alert last night and the children were located safe and well in Beaudesert around 2am this morning.

A 32-year-old Fernvale woman has been charged with two counts of child stealing. She is due to appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on February 17.

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