An officer who promptly arrived on the scene of a reported car crime in Chatham has arrested a man.

The officer was on patrol at around 9pm on Tuesday 8 March 2022 when it was reported that a man was breaking into cars in Albany Terrace.

The officer quickly arrived at the sceneand saw a man reaching into a vehicle through a smashed window.

He got out of his patrol car and detained the man.

A man in his 20s and from Rochester was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and attempted theft of a vehicle. He is currently in custody.

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