FOUR men have been arrested after a safe was found dumped in a field.
Police were called just after 9.10pm last night about reports of a car acting suspiciously in Barnardiston Road, Colchester.
Paperwork, personal items and a safe found dumped in a nearby field.
As a result of the information, police established the items had been stolen from an address in St Christopher Road.
Officers located and followed the vehicle down the A12, where it stopped near Boreham shortly before 9.40pm and two of the four occupants decamped.
Three men from Basildon aged 23, 32 and 60 were arrested on suspicion of burglary and possession of an offensive weapon.
A 24-year-old man from Basildon was arrested on suspicion of burglary.
They are currently in custody and being questioned.