Car stolen from Perth hotel with two-year-old child inside
Caleb Runciman The West Australian
Police are urgently searching for a stolen car containing a two-year-old child after it was taken from a hotel in Redcliffe.
The two-year-old child was inside the car when it was stolen from the hotel about 2pm on Friday.
An urgent alert has been sent out by WA Police to locate the car — a later model dark blue Hyundai i30 hatchback.
Police said the vehicle was last seen in the Bayswater area near Guildford Road.
Anyone who sights the vehicle is asked to call police immediately on 131 444.
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