Brentwood: Four arrested for going equipped to steal

Thanks to a vigilant member of the public, four men have been arrested for theft and going equipped to steal.

On the evening of Thursday 17 December, our Contact Centre received information about a vehicle and its occupants acting suspiciously in Basildon after the lock of an HGV container had been broken and the container entered.

Roads Policing Unit officers searched the area for the car and quickly located it in a layby on A12 at Brentwood.

As officers approached the motor, an item was thrown from the car.

PD Kaiser was directed to the location and tracked and found the item, a pair of bolt croppers, hidden in some bushes.

At 11.15pm, all four occupants were arrested on suspicion of theft and going equipped to steal.

They remain in police custody for questioning.

Head of Essex Police’s Roads Policing Unit, Mr Adam Pipe, said:
Roads Policing officers don’t just deal with the Highway Code matters; they identify and robustly deal with anyone who uses our roads for criminal activities.
We’d like to thank our vigilant public who help us tackle crime.

The arrested men include a 31-year-old man from Rayleigh and three men from the East London area, aged 33, 20 and 26.

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