Police hunt for missing teen girl in Spain after she's taken by 27-year-old man

The school girl was last seen leaving her home in London on Saturday

Romanian man Ionut Gheorghe, who officers believe have fled the UK with Elena Ciochina, 15

A Romanian man is being hunted in Spain after he fled the UK with a teenage girl.
Elena Ciochina, 15, was last seen at 7pm on Saturday when she left her home in Newham, east London, Scotland Yard said.
Detectives believe she is with 27-year-old Ionut Gheorghe, who was spotted on CCTV taking £250 from a cash machine in Enfield, north London, earlier that afternoon.
Police believe the pair left the UK together on Saturday evening to travel to Europe, and officers think they are now in the Guadalajara area of Spain, near Madrid.

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Elena Ciochina, 15, who police believe has fled the UK with Ionut Gheorghe

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Romanian man Ionut Gheorghe, who officers believe have fled the UK with 15-year-old Elena Ciochina

Gheorghe is wanted under a European Arrest Warrant for abduction.
Elena, who is 5ft 9in and has waist-length black hair, was wearing a black T-shirt, black jogging bottoms and black plimsolls when she was last seen.
She is also Romanian and is thought to have a national identity card with her.

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Scotland Yard released details about the teen's disappearance

Gheorghe is white, about 5ft 7in, heavily built and has short, light brown hair. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt, dark shorts and dark flip flops