Quebec provincial police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday night after a three-year-old boy was allegedly abducted in a town 400 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.

       Police say the boy was abducted around 1 p.m. Tuesday by 36-year-old David Cote in Ste-Paule, Que., on the Gaspe Peninsula.

       The suspect is five foot seven, weighs about 180 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes.

       Police are searching for a grey, all-terrain vehicle they say is dirty and painted by hand.

       The child, Jake Cote, was wearing a red T-shirt with a black sweater over it, long jeans and beige boots.

       Police are warning the public not to approach the suspect if they seem him and to instead immediately call police.

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