A five-year-old child was today with foster parents after being found wandering alone around a Canvey caravan park.
Police were alerted to the youngster's plight after he was spotted walking alone in Kings caravan park on Saturday.
The boy, who was said to be not too distressed by his ordeal, was befriended by police officers who then took him back to the police station and fed him.
Social services were alerted and the boy's mother was traced by police.
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