Surrey Police use Twitter to find stolen van that is little boy's 'lifeline'
The transit van, which was converted for wheelchair use, was located in less than 24 hours
Surrey Police have thanked the public for their assistance in locating a transit van that was stolen from an address in the Epsom area over the weekend.
In a social media appeal for help, police said the custom-made Ford van was a "lifeline" for Harvey and shared photos of the little boy who uses a wheelchair, as well as the missing vehicle.
In a series of tweets posted on Sunday (23rd January), Surrey Police said:
Over the next few hours, the photo of the missing transit was retweeted over a thousand times, and then just before 7pm on the same day, police had an update.
"We're really pleased to confirm that the adapted van has been found," Surrey Police said.
A subsequent post featured a video of Harvey reunited with the van with a "thank you" sign to all those who had helped.
The video showed Harvey pressing the button on a recording device which announced: "Thank you, everybody, who has seen the post about the nasty men that took our car and thank you all for keeping an eye out for my van.
"One lovely, lovely lady found my van this afternoon so I got it back. We're so grateful to everybody for all your kind messages. Thank you, lots of love."
The accompanying post from the police said: "A massive Thank You to everyone that RT the appeal earlier. The adapted van has been located and returned to Harvey. We're still hunting the Audi, any help is hugely appreciated."