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POLICE in Spain are investigating a reported sighting of missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann.

On Tuesday two women reported seeing a youngster matching Madeleine’s description with a man at a petrol station near Cartagena, in the south east of the country.

The women told police the child had been holding the man’s hand, and that when he felt he was being watched he led her quickly into the car and drove off.

No details about the car or the man have been released by authorities to avoid compromising the investigation.

The Spanish National Police and Civil Guard are cooperating on the case, and have carried out a series of interviews with potential witnesses.

Numerous sightings of Madeleine have been reported across Europe and North Africa, including in Belgium, Malta and Morocco.

A spokesman for the Find Madeleine campaign said they do not comment on reported sightings.

But Madeleine’s father Gerry McCann earlier said there was a “very real possibility” his daughter was in Spain.

THE SUN