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Police van stolen outside Lowestoft police station | Police van stolen outside Lowestoft police station |
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Police in Suffolk had one of their vans stolen from a police station car park - and only found out when they were told by a member of the public. | Police in Suffolk had one of their vans stolen from a police station car park - and only found out when they were told by a member of the public. |
The marked van was taken from Lowestoft Police station car park on Saturday. | |
Officers received a call to say a man had been seen struggling to get back into a police van at about 21:25 GMT in the Lowestoft area. | Officers received a call to say a man had been seen struggling to get back into a police van at about 21:25 GMT in the Lowestoft area. |
The van has since retrieved by Suffolk Police and a 27-year-old man from Bungay has been arrested. | |
Driven erratically | Driven erratically |
A member of the public saw the man in the Vauxhall Vivaro drive off down Whapload Road in Lowestoft. | A member of the public saw the man in the Vauxhall Vivaro drive off down Whapload Road in Lowestoft. |
It was reported again about 10 minutes later by members of the public who saw it being driven erratically in the Kessingland area and later in Halesworth. | It was reported again about 10 minutes later by members of the public who saw it being driven erratically in the Kessingland area and later in Halesworth. |
The police van was eventually found abandoned about 17 miles away in Bungay, Suffolk, at about 01:00 GMT on Sunday after a member of the public contacted police. | |
It has not been confirmed yet whether the police car park has CCTV. | It has not been confirmed yet whether the police car park has CCTV. |