Dunedin Police are investigating an attempted abduction that occurred at around 4.25pm on Saturday 7th May 2016.
The 18 year old female victim was walking on Forth Street Dunedin and reports being grabbed by a back seat passenger of a parked vehicle who attempted to pull her into the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle also attempted to push the victim into the back seat.
The victim managed to fight her way out of the vehicle and was uninjured.
The vehicle is described as an older 1990s type station wagon in dirty condition with black roof racks. It was parked on the left hand side of Forth Street facing north.
Dunedin Police are asking for anyone who has any information about this incident or who may have seen the vehicle on Forth Street to contact them on Ph 03 471 4800.
Alternatively, anonymous information can be passed on to Crimestoppers on Ph 0800 555 111.
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Released by Detective Sergeant Neil Lowden, Dunedin CIB.