help with translating と


友人主婦がディズニーランドに行った際、五歳になる長男がトイレに入ったきり姿を消した。スタッフに迷子になった場所を伝えると顔色が変わり「誘拐の可能性がある」
**と** すぐにすべての出口でチェックが行なわれた。

I'm translating a news article for my thesis. It's about a wellknown urban
legend, the Attempted Abduction. I don't quite understand the use of と in the
second sentence... Is it used to make a list of actions? But that would be an
unusual use of the particle... Or is it used for reporting speech? But again,
there is no verb like say or tell or something... Please help me :)




there are two と in that sentence. the first means "when" and the second it
quotative.




there are two と in that sentence. the first means "when" and the second it
quotative.

