QUEENSLAND Police Service are seeking urgent public assistance to help locate two children abducted from Mareeba around 8pm yesterday.
A 15-year-old boy and an 11-year-old girl may be at risk after being taken from Mareeba about 8pm Thursday night, police say.
Simon “Sam” Elmas, 57, is believed to be travelling in a 1996 grey Volvo sedan with 15-year-old Kai Elmas and 11-year-old Romany Elmas.
He is described as Mediterranean in appearance, approximately 183cm tall with a medium build and short, greying brown hair.
The boy is of a similar height and also Mediterranean in appearance with a fair complexion, short brown hair and brown eyes.
The girl is described as having a fair complexion, 130cm tall with long brown hair, brown eyes and a proportionate build.
The car is a 1996 grey Volvo sedan with Queensland registration 461 DHS.
Anyone with information is urged not to approach the vehicle or the man, and phone Triple Zero immediately.
Today's alert is an extreme measure. Queensland police only issue one if the following criteria are met:
* a missing child under the age of 17 has been abducted;
* the child is at risk of serious harm or death;
* there is sufficient descriptive information available to make the alert effective; and
* an urgent public broadcast will assist location and safe recovery of the child.
