Three-year old Fabian, who was abducted in late November has been recovered by police, with his father being taken into custody.

The boy's father is the main suspect in the kidnapping case which has riveted Poland over recent days.

“We detained the boy's father, who had been on our wanted list for a few days due to an arrest warrant for child abduction,” said the spokesperson for the police in the Warsaw province, Alicja Śledziona.

Police stopped the man and the child on the A4 motorway a few kilometers from the southern city of Katowice as they were driving together with two other men.

A police psychologist was present to take care of the child during the arrest, Śledziona said.

Five people had already been detained in connection with the abduction, after three masked men pounced on the boy and his mother at the end of November.

Investigators originally believed that the father may have taken three-year-old Fabian out of the country. (rg/rk)