12:13pm Tuesday 30th March 2010
By Ben Parsons, Crime Reporter
Police have condemned a hoax text message warning people of abductions in supermarkets.
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said today: "Police are urging the public not to pass on details of a current text which is circulating around the Adur district, warning about attempted abductions of children in Tesco and Marks and Spencer.
"This hoax has been circulated to around 100 people claiming there have been up to 11 attempted abductions at Tesco and Marks and Spencer in the Holmbush Centre, Shoreham, and at Tesco in Durrington.
Sussex Police are investigating the claims and the origins of the text.
"Tesco head office has received reports of similar hoaxes in their stores in Scotland and in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, and Kent."
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