A tracking device on a motorcycle has helped police apprehend a motorcycle thief bound for Croydon with two bikes in his van.
The owner of one of the bikes alerted police to the theft and showed them the location of the bike, which had a tracking device on it linked to his phone.
The bike was moving northwards out of Brighton, shortly after 5.30pm on Wednesday (March 23).
Officers from the Specialist Enforcement Unit (SEU), Sussex Dog Section and Surrey and Sussex Roads Policing Unit were called in to help locate a van being driven by a suspect.
Officers stopped several vehicles on the A23, but the tracker then showed the suspect's vehicle was in Coulsdon.
SEU officers monitored the vehicle’s progress, and with the support of the RPU and officers from the Metropolitan Police, the vehicle was stopped in London Road, Croydon shortly after 7pm.
Two motorbikes were found inside the van, which had been reported stolen from Hereford Street, Brighton, and Palmeira Square, Hove.
A 48-year-old man from Croydon was arrested on suspicion of the theft of two motor vehicles and was taken to custody in Brighton, where he remains.
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