A man and a teenage boy have been arrested following a car chase after a 4x4 was stolen from a gym car park in Canterbury.

It followed the theft of keys to a Nissan Pathfinder which were reported stolen from a changing room locker at PureGym in Marshwood Close on Saturday.

The car was then seen early the following morning by a police patrol in St Martin’s Hill in Canterbury.

The driver failed to stop for officers and after a short pursuit was in collision with a garden fence in Querns Road.

The occupants fled the vehicle but a 26-year-old man from Canterbury was arrested nearby.

The passenger, a 16-year-old boy from Ashford, was arrested after being found by a police dog hiding in undergrowth in a nearby field.

Both have been arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and have been released pending further inquiries.

Police are also investigating the theft of keys to a Ford Transit panel van from a locker at the same gym on Friday.

It was subsequently found fire damaged in Fleets Lane, Tyler Hill.

Anyone with information about either incident should call police on 01843 222289, quoting reference 46/3285/18.

Alternatively contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.