The Zimbabwe-born British national was arrested just after midday before she boarded a flight from London to Ghana via Amsterdam with an eight-year-old girl. The child has been taken into the care of social services.

The arrested woman was taken to a west London police station before being transferred to Northamptonshire police who are to investigate further.

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