A British toddler has been kidnapped from Marbella, Spain and there is growing fears he has been “taken to Russia.”
The boy has only been named as Oliver P, he disappeared on 4 July and was kidnapped by his Russian mother on the Costa del Sol.
Spain’s National Police confirmed the boy was kidnapped and that he is British and was staying at a holiday resort, a spokesperson said a police report was filed that claims the mother took the boy.
The Spanish police believe that the mother took her son illegally “back to her home country,” Russia.
Spanish National Police do not know where the boy is and an “investigation is ongoing.”
Oliver has grey eyes, blonde hair and he is just under three feet tall, police confirmed the father is British and the mother is a Russian citizen.
A spokesman said, “We are treating this as a parental abduction. We believe the mother has left Spain and has taken the boy to her homeland, which is Russia.”
Spain’s National Missing Persons Centre (CNDES), said, “Oliver disappeared on July 4, 2025. His date of birth is November 3, 2021. He was three when he disappeared.
“The place he disappeared from is Marbella in the province of Malaga. He has grey eyes, blonde hair, stands 85 centimetres tall [2.75ft] and weighs 15 kilos [2.36st].”
A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior added, “The investigation is a Spanish National Police investigation. You need to contact them.”
A Foreign Office spokesman said, “We are supporting the family of a British child who has been reported missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.
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