A MAN has been arrested after leading police on a car chase through a housing estate.

Police chased after a grey Mini Cooper after it failed to stop for officers in Forest Road, Colchester at about 3.15pm yesterday.

The vehicle stopped in Magnolia Drive and the occupants decamped.

The incident lasted between eight and nine minutes. 

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "A 25 year-old man from Colchester was subsequently arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop when directed."

He has been released on bail until March 30.

Anyone with any information or video footage is asked to contact Essex Police on 101 quoting incident 587 of 18/02.