A police investigation has been launched after a 15-year-old girl was told to get in a car by two strangers.

Officers say the girl was walking along the street when a dark-coloured car stopped right in front of her.

The people in the car, a man and a woman, were not known to the girl and she ran off and reported the incident to her parents.

It happened on Africanda Road, Gretna, near to the junction with Annan Road between 9.45pm and 10.10pm on Friday.

Police Constable Michael Anderson said: "We are keen to identify the vehicle involved, speak to the occupants and establish why they spoke to this teenage girl.

"We believe the vehicle was driven by a male and a female was front seat passenger.

"We have been carrying out door to door enquires and checking CCTV in the area however if anyone believes they may know the identity of the occupants I would ask they contact police at Gretna on 101."