Spanish police have arrested a British couple for allegedly abandoning their new-born child in hospital.
Officers say the baby's mum was still dressed in her hospital gown when she was tracked down and arrested.
Officials would not disclose the couple's age but say they were held in the village of Fuente Piedra near Antequera a short distance inland from Malaga.
They were arrested yesterday after the baby was left at Antequera Hospital.
A spokesman for Spain's National Police said: 'Officers have arrested a British man and woman on suspicion of a crime of child abandonment.
'Yesterday afternoon police received an alert from Antequera Hospital informing them a woman had given birth during the night and had just left the hospital, leaving her child there without saying anything to medical staff.
'An operation was mounted to find the baby's parents, which ended with their arrests in Fuente de Piedra.
'When she was arrested, the woman still had her hospital gown on.'
The couple are expected to appear in court behind closed doors this afternoon, only trials in Spain are held in public.
A magistrate will question the pair and decide whether they should be bailed or remanded in custody as the criminal investigation continues.
The couple are thought to live in Spain, although officials could not be contacted this afternoon to confirm they were expats.
This article has been adapted from its original source.
