Colchester: Man arrested and vehicles found at suspect chop shop

A man has been arrested and 18 stolen vehicles worth almost half a million pounds found at a suspected chop shop in Colchester.

Officers were alerted to a site in Ipswich Road at around 5.35pm on Tuesday of last week (16 August).

When they attended they found 18 stolen vehicles worth a combined total of more than £436,000.

A 41 year-old man was arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods.

He’s since been released on bail until 16 October while our investigations continue.

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Please quote incident 1082 of 16 August.

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