A suspected car thief caught has been arrested after police seized two stolen cars at the weekend.

Police were called out just after 11pm on Saturday night after a Range Rover was stolen from a car park off Hermitage Lane, Barming.

Police searched the area and later found the 4x4 parked and unattended on Farleigh Hill, Tovil.

Following enquiries into a suspicious vehicle seen in the area, officers tracked down a Hyundai i30 in River Close, East Farleigh.

Police checks established the car was stolen and was using false number plates. A key for the vehicle was found in a nearby flower bed.

A 42-year-old Dagenham man was spotted in a nearby garden and arrested on suspicion of theft.

He was later released pending further investigation.