{"id":453366,"date":"2026-03-02T09:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453366\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:25:12","slug":"police-make-arrest-after-attempted-kidnap-of-18-year-old-girl-who-was-followed-by-man-off-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453366\/","title":{"rendered":"Police make arrest after &#8216;attempted kidnap&#8217; of 18-year-old girl who was &#8216;followed by man off bus&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-5107\/Jamie-Boys.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JAMIE BOYS, TRAINEE REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  10:47 EST, 1 March 2026   |  Updated:  11:01 EST, 1 March 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A man has been arrested after the &#8216;attempted kidnap&#8217; of an 18-year-old girl who was followed off the bus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The man allegedly got off the bus in Cardiff at the same time as the girl and followed her on Saturday evening.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A passing driver is believed to have intervened after noticing something amiss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Police are urging the woman to come forward to help with the investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A 33-year-old man was arrested within hours of the incident and remains in police custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Detective Inspector Laura Parsons said: &#8216;Incidents such as this one are extremely rare and I would like to reassure people that we have arrested a suspect who is in police custody.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I would like to praise the woman who stopped her car to intervene. It&#8217;s really important that we identify who she is so she is urged to get in touch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Anyone with information is urged to make contact &#8211; please give reference 2600064068.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7754eafc2dac3925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/106773897-15603985-image-a-1_1772379956191.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"A passing motorist is believed to have intervened after noticing something amiss (Stock photo Cardiff)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">A passing motorist is believed to have intervened after noticing something amiss (Stock photo Cardiff)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A spokesman for South Wales Police said: &#8216;A man has been arrested following what is being treated as an attempted abduction of an 18-year-old woman in Pontprennau area of Cardiff on Saturday, February 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;A local man, 33, was arrested within hours of the incident being reported and remains in police custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The incident happened at around 6.30pm on the junction of Clos Nant Mwlan and Heol Pontprennau, after the 18-year-old victim got off a bus &#8211; she is believed to have been followed by somebody on foot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Detectives investigating the incident are trying to identify a woman motorist driving a black car who saw the incident and stopped to intervene.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Police make arrest after &#8216;attempted kidnap&#8217; of 18-year-old girl who was &#8216;followed by man off bus&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JAMIE BOYS, TRAINEE REPORTER Published: 10:47 EST, 1 March 2026 | Updated: 11:01 EST, 1 March 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[97,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-453366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-dailymail","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}