French police have reportedly arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a nine-year-old girl during a family wedding in the Alps.
Maelys de Araujo was last seen at 3am local time (0200 BST) on Sunday in Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, a village 29 miles (47km) north of Grenoble.
Police officers, search and rescue teams, and divers are searching the heavily wooded area.
A source said the arrested man was near the wedding venue when she disappeared and his account of his whereabouts that night contained inconsistencies.
Police have interviewed many of the 250 guests at the wedding and questioned people who attended two other events in the area.
Sniffer dogs lost the scent from Maelys’s cuddly toy in a car park outside the venue, prompting fears that she may have been kidnapped and driven away.
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