A missing British toddler is feared to have been taken to Russia after being abducted by his mother on the Costa del Sol.
Named only as Oliver P, the three-year-old disappeared from Marbella on July 4.
Spain‘s National Police confirmed that the boy’s father is British and is based in the holiday resort.
A spokesperson said he filed a police report claiming the mother, who is Russian, abducted the boy. Neither of the parents have been named.
The force said it is believed that she took Oliver ‘back to her home country’, but that they are not sure of the exact location.
‘The investigation is ongoing,’ they added.
Oliver is just under three feet tall, with blonde hair and distinctive grey eyes.
Anyone with information that could help locate Oliver is urged to contact the National Police.
Police in Spain have launched a huge search for a three-year-old British boy who is said to have been abducted by his Russian mother
Cops confirmed on Friday that while Oliver’s mother is Russian, his father is British.
A spokesperson said: ‘We are treating this as a parental abduction. We believe the mother has left Spain and has taken the boy to her homeland, which is Russia.’
A source familiar with the situation is reported to have said that Oliver’s parents are separated.
They added that a court had ordered that he was not to be taken out of Spain before he went missing.
Although the last time the boy’s dad is believed to have had news of his son was on July 4, one local report today said he only went to police on August 7.
The appeal from the Ministry of the Interior, put out by the country’s National Missing Persons Centre (CNDES), which comes under the ministry’s remit, says: ‘Oliver disappeared on July 4, 2025. His date of birth is November 3 2021. He was three when he disappeared.
‘The place he disappeared from is Marbella in the province of Malaga. He has grey eyes, blonde hair, stands 85 centimetres tall [2.75ft] and weighs 15 kilos [2.36st].’
A spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior, when asked for more information, said: ‘The investigation is a Spanish National Police investigation. You need to contact them.’
Police have launched a desperate bid to find the boy
Currently, Oliver’s custody arrangements have not been made public. His pictures have been shared across several official channels and across social media in a desperate attempt to find him.
According to Euro Weekly News, the CNDES appealed for information, saying: ‘Citizen collaboration is crucial in these cases.’
Police say informants can contact them on the missing person hotline on 116000 or by calling the national police on 091.
An Foreign Office spokesperson said: ‘We are supporting the family of a British child who has been reported missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.’
This is a breaking news story with more to follow.
