Police use drone to find rape victim 'within minutes'

Police used a drone to trace a victim of rape ‘within minutes’.

After receiving a concerning phone call from a teenage girl who told police she was with a man who had raped her, officers used a device fitted with thermal imaging technology to home in on their location.

Lincolnshire Police force said the missing “high risk” 16-year-old called in the early hours of Saturday from the Brown’s Road area of Boston.

She was unable to give her location accurately, though managed to describe still being with her attacker in an old industrial complex, which she told police was surrounded by high fencing.

The force said the thermal drone was used to find the girl and officers were sent to her location within minutes.

Following the incident, a man in his 30s was arrested.

The suspect remains in custody, police confirmed.