Do YOU have a story to tell? Please email tips@dailymail.co.uk By TOM COTTERILL, SENIOR REPORTER Published: 09:51 BST, 9 October 2025 | Updated: 09:51 BST, 9 October 2025
Police have launched an urgent kidnapping probe after a 'young woman' was 'forced' into a tow truck in Canary Wharf by two men. Officers were scrambled to the famed London district at 11.25pm on Thursday, September 30.Witnesses reported seeing a woman being bundled into a white Ford Transit tow truck in Millharbour Road, close to the junction of Lighterman's Road, by two men. A 42-year-old man from east London was arrested on Wednesday, October 1, in connection with the alleged abduction, the Metropolitan Police said. It is unclear whether the woman, believed to be in her late 20s or early 30s, is still missing, with officers having been 'unable' to identify her. However, detectives from the Met's Central East Criminal Investigations Unit have said they are growing increasingly 'concerned' for her safety. Detective Inspector Grant Stevens, who is leading the investigation, said: 'We are keen to establish the circumstances surrounding this incident and are concerned for the welfare of the young woman involved, who we believe is aged between 28 and 32 and been unable to identify.'The incident took place just feet away from the Lanterns Arts & Education Nursery, close to the Millwall Inner Dock. The area is packed with high-rise residential flats. Witnesses reported seeing a woman being bundled into a white Ford Transit tow truck in Millharbour Road, close to the junction of Lighterman's Road (pictured), by two menThe Met added the 42-year-old suspect arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping has been bailed. The force is now appealing for any witnesses to the incident to come forward. DI Stevens added: 'Were you in or near Millharbour Road, E17 around the time of the incident and saw anything suspicious, or do you have any CCTV or mobile phone footage that will assist us with our enquiries?'If so, please come forward by calling 101 and referencing 01/8032774/25.'Daily Mail has approached the Met Police for further comment.
