Police arrested a man on the M2 after the Wahl factory in Sea Street, Herne Bay, was broken into on Tuesday night and boxes of hair clippers stolen.

A white van was spotted in the area and officers from Canterbury went to the Brenley Corner where they saw a van heading towards London on the M2 which they followed while making checks on the registration number of the vehicle.

Police stopped the van just after junction six but a man jumped out and ran up the hard shoulder of the M2, chased on foot by an officer who stopped and arrested him at 9.45pm.

It is believed that there may have been other men in the van who escaped.

The van, which had been reported stolen in March, was found to contain 30 boxes from the Wahl premises.

Ch Insp Dave Collison said: "Our officers worked together well and their prompt response of going to Brenley Corner resulted in them spotting the van within 30 seconds of arriving."

A 27-year-old man from the Catford area of south London is currently in custody being questioned in connection with the burglary and theft of the van.