( CNN ) -- A 5-year-old boy with a brain tumor who was removed from a British hospital , starting an intense international search , has been found in Spain with his parents , the Hampshire Constabulary posted on its Facebook page late Saturday . The search for Ashya King , who recently had surgery , began Thursday when his parents , Brett King , 51 , and Naghemeh King , 45 , took him without authorization from the Southampton hospital , Hampshire police said . `` Ashya has been found , '' police said on Facebook . `` He is in Spain with his mum and dad . Police are speaking to his mum and dad and we are waiting to hear on Ashya 's condition . This is all we know at this time -- but , he has been found . ... We will provide further detail just as soon as we can ... . '' The boy is not mobile on his own , can not communicate verbally , and is supposed to be receiving constant medical care because of the surgery and `` ongoing medical issues , '' Hampshire police Detective Superintendent Dick Pearson said earlier . `` Without this specialist 24-hour care , Ashya is at risk of additional health complications which place him at substantial risk , '' Pearson said in a news release Friday . Police have not said why his parents took Ashya from the hospital . After Ashya was taken from the hospital Thursday , the family -- including Ashya 's six siblings -- boarded a ferry in nearby Portsmouth , and disembarked Thursday night in Cherbourg , France , according to Hampshire police . Interpol issued an international missing person notice , otherwise known as a yellow alert , for the boy . Such notices are distributed to police in Interpol 's 190 member countries to help find missing people , especially children .
Police say the boy was found with his parents in Spain . Parents took Ashya King , 5 , from British hospital prematurely , police say . Score: 6 Interpol issued a international missing-person notice .