Brit boy, 3, 'abducted' in Marbella as police fear he's been snatched to Russia

A massive police operation is underway to find a British boy who is believed to have been abducted by his Russian mum.

The three-year-old’s British dad sounded the alarm by reporting him missing to police in Marbella. A hunt for the lad, named only as Oliver P, and his mum was ongoing last night as detectives confirmed they were treating the case as a “parental abduction”.

Spain’s Ministry of Interior published a picture of little Oliver yesterday, saying he had been born on November 3, 2021 and was last seen in Marbella on July 4. An appeal described the youngster as having grey eyes, blonde hair, being 85cm tall and weighing 15kg

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A police spokesman confirmed today the youngster and his father were British and the mother is Russian. He 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 well-placed source said: “The mum and dad are separated and there was a court order preventing the mother from taking this boy out of Spain. They are all based here on the Costa del Sol.”

 It was not immediately clear today if a court has issued an international arrest warrant for the unnamed mum. 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.

It was not immediately clear this afternoon what the child’s custody situation is. The Ministry of Interior appeal, put out by the country’s National Missing Persons Centre, 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 and weighs 15kg.”