Provincial police say a woman was charged in a child abduction investigation Monday after she allegedly tried to leave the country with her young child from Toronto’s Pearson airport.
Lanark County OPP say officers began investigating when a Beckwith Township resident reported that his wife might be attempting to leave Canada with their six-year-old son.
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Police say with help from Peel regional police and the Canada Border Services Agency, they were able to find the woman and child at Pearson airport.
They say the 36-year-old woman faces a charge of abduction without custody.
The child was returned to his father.
Police say the suspect was held in custody for a bail hearing at a court in Perth, Ont.
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