A FRANTIC search is underway for a missing four-year-old who “ran off”;; as cops desperately appeal for help.

Quinton vanished at 9.20am this morning and was last spotted on Sands Lane in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

He was seen with a bunch of people before “running off,”;; according to Suffolk Police.

The youngster has blonde, curly hair was wearing a black chequered jumper at the time he disappeared.

Cops said: “Police are appealing for help to trace a missing four-year-old boy from Lowestoft.

“Quinton was last seen on Sands Lane with a group of people before he ran off at around 9.20am this morning, Tuesday 13 May.

“Quinton has short blonde, curly hair and was wearing a black, chequered jumper.

“Anyone who has seen Quinton or who has any information is asked to contact Suffolk Police on 999, quoting CAD 69 of 13 May.”;;

Photo of a toddler in a bee-striped shirt in a store.Quinton vanished at 9.20am this morning