A MAN has been arrested following a spate of catalytic converter thefts in the New Forest.
Officers investigating a series of catalytic converter thefts in the Lymington, New Milton and Ringwood area have arrested a man.
It comes after a series of vehicles were targeted on the evening of Wednesday, April 28 between 10.15pm and 3.55am on Thursday, April 29.
A search of a property on Westbury Close in Bransgore by officers located a number of power tools – including a power saw and car keys – which were subsequently seized.
A 21-year-old man from Bransgore has been arrested on six counts of theft from a motor vehicle.
He remains in custody at this time, a Hampshire Police spokesperson confirmed.
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