A pair of suspected scrap metal thieves have been arrested after apparently plying their trade in north Norfolk.

Norfolk Constabulary reported in its Police Connect rural crime newsletter that two men from outside the county were arrested on April 19 on suspicion of the theft of scrap metal in the north Norfolk area.

The police said the van was seized and remains in their possession.

The police said: 'They have been interviewed for the theft and scrap metal dealing offences.'