A man has been charged with murder after a woman was allegedly kidnapped earlier this week with her body yet to be found.

NSW Police were told on Tuesday a 58-year-old woman had not returned home in hours, sparking the investigation.

Family last had contact with her about 4.50pm on Monday when she said she was meeting a relative in Winston Hills., in Sydney’s north west, police said.

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Her car was found on Dodson Street in Winston Hills about 9.30am on Tuesday.

Detectives arrested a 33-year-old man who was sitting in a white Toyota Hilux in bushland along Parnell Fire Trail in Tomerang, about 20km south of Nowra, on Thursday afternoon.

Police say a search warrant was carried out at a property in Sanctuary Point, about 20km south of Sydney’s CBD.

The man has been charged with murder and refused bail to face court on Friday.

The woman’s body has not yet been found, police say.