A High Wycombe man was arrested in Kent in connection with catalytic converter thefts. 

Kent Police were called on Monday, July 4, to a hospital car park in Maidstone after two people reportedly found their cars had been targeted by thieves. 

Police then spotted a Seat Leon suspected to have been used in the thefts in Home Gardens, Dartford.

The vehicle, believed to be using cloned number plates, stopped at another location nearby and two people inside fled on foot.

A 42-year-old from Dover, was arrested as he swiftly walked from the stationary Seat.

The second man, aged 47 and from High Wycombe, was detained following a brief foot chase and both were taken into custody.

Officers searched the vehicle and allegedly recovered two catalytic converters, a jack, cutting equipment, gloves and two registration plates for the Seat. 

Both men were later bailed to return to the police station on July 22, pending further investigation.