Witnesses sought to help identify kidnappers

Two children were kidnapped and driven around Slough in a van early on New Year's Eve Credit: Thames Valley Police

Detectives investigating the kidnap of two young boys by three masked men on a housing estate have released CCTV footage of two potential witnesses.The six and 10-year-olds were ordered into a white van and driven around for several minutes after being snatched from a property at around 7am on New Year's Eve.

The pair were eventually allowed out of the van and they ran back uninjured to Hemming Way on the Britwell estate in Slough.Detectives have now released CCTV of two people, possibly an adult and a child who may have seen either the van or the children fleeing it, walking in the area at around 7.20am.

Police are investigating the motive for the kidnapping which was said to have left the two young boys and their relatives upset.The white van, possibly a Ford Transit, travelled with the boys from Hemming Way across Long Readings Lane and into Upper Lees Road before the pair were able to leave.