The car was taken from Queen Elizabeth Way in Colchester. Inset: Stock photo of a Range Rover
QUICK-thinking police officers recovered a car stolen from an address in Colchester... just 11 minutes after it was reported stolen.
Essex Police received a call at 2am on Friday reporting a Range Rover Sport had been stolen from an address in Queen Elizabeth Way.
Officers from the Stanway Roads Policing Unit stopped the vehicle in Windsor Close and the driver was arrested.
Digital equipment was also seized.
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A spokesman for Essex Police said: "A 33 year-old man was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and is currently in custody.
"We have also returned the vehicle to its owner."
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