A £1,000 stash of Lego thought to have been stolen from Lakeside has been found in a car stopped by police.

The suspicious car was spotted and pulled over by officers in the Sevenoaks area today.

Inside, they found £1,000 worth of Lego.

The haul included Vespa 125 kits thought to retail at about £90, and Lego Technic kits to build an "app-controlled transformation vehicle" that retail at about £115 apiece.

In a post on Twitter, Kent Police Sevenoaks told how checks with Essex Police soon established the stash had reportedly just been stolen from Lakeside shopping centre in Essex.

The suspect's details are said to have been passed on to police in Essex.