A MISSING teenager has been found safe and well in a south London Park by police following days without contact with her family

Aaliyah Chen vanished from her home in Sidcup on Sunday evening and with her loved ones growing increasingly worried over her whereabouts they alerted the police.

An urgent appeal to find her was launched soon afterwards. The 15-year-old was believed to be in the company of an older man and was last seen in the Sidcup area.

Aaliyah was last known to be at her family home at 9.30pm and at around 12.55am is thought to have been on a 51 bus travelling across south London.

A police statement said: “Police officers have located Aaliyah Chen, 15, who was reported as missing from south-east London.”

The teenager was later found at 11:54am in a wooded area in Croydon and taken to a south London hospital as a precaution.

Her aunt Laura Rushe told the Guardian: “It is amazing news, we are all so relieved. After four days [missing] you do get worried.”

A 23-year-old man was arrested at the scene in connection with her disappearance and is in police custody.

Police remain at the scene and a crime scene is in place.

Enquiries are ongoing.