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 Arrest over British boy kidnapped in Pakistan05-03-2010A MAN was arrested in Pakistan on Thursday (4) over the kidnap of a five-year-old British boy who was snatched at gunpoint, Britain's Foreign Office said.
"Police in Pakistan have confirmed the arrest of one man in connection with the kidnapping and have detained him for questioning," a Foreign Office spokesman said.
"Consular staff are in close contact with the investigating officer."
Police had said they were questioning a taxi driver who had come to pick up the abducted boy, Sahil Saeed, who was snatched earlier Thursday in the town of Jhelum about 100 kilometres (65 miles) south of the capital Islamabad.
The boy had been preparing to fly home at the end of a three-week family holiday visiting his grandmother with his Pakistani father, officials said.
The father and son were preparing to get the taxi to the airport to fly home to Oldham in northwest England when the robbers stormed into the house, held the family at gunpoint and stole cash and jewellery, officials said.
"When the taxi came to pick them up for the airport, four to five people barged into their house, looted cash and jewellery and also took their child with them," regional police chief Aslam Tareen told Pakistan's Geo TV channel.
Police blamed a kidnapping gang for the abduction and said they had launched a full-scale investigation to recover the child.
The attackers probably knew the family and were aware of their imminent departure before dawn on Thursday, Tareen said.
"We are interrogating the taxi driver and hopefully the culprits will be traced in the next 24 to 48 hours... Our top priority is to recover the child without any harm," he said.
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