Duo arrested within minutes of car park thieves call

A rapid police response to calls of cars being broken into led to two suspects being arrested.

Officers were alerted to reports of two people trying car door handles at a hotel car park in Nuthall.

This happened around 1.45am on Monday (30 December) in Millenium Way West, with police arriving moments later.

As they got there, response officers spotted two people loitering in the car park, with both running in different directions when they saw the police.

The duo didn’t get far at all before they were chased down and detained by the officers, who then looked through the pockets of the two suspects.

Cash, multiple pairs of sunglasses and a mobile phone were among the items recovered – all of which were found to have been taken from two cars parked nearby.

At that point, the duo – two boys aged 14 and 16 – were both arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle.

Sergeant Cai Kemish, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:

“Thanks to our officers responding to this report so quickly and being as alert as they were, we were able to detain a pair of suspects.

“A range of different items that were reportedly stolen from vehicles parked nearby were also all recovered and returned to their rightful owners.  

“We understand how upsetting it must be for someone to return to their car to find it has been broken into, so hope this incident shows how seriously we take reports of this nature.

“The speed with which we responded was entirely reliant on this being reported to us though, so we’d also ask people to call us on 101 should they spot a potential crime in progress.”