Detectives have arrested two men on suspicion of rape in connection with an assault which happened in Tilbury in September.
A 31-year-old man from Grays and a 30-year-old man of no fixed address were arrested on Wednesday, April 4.
Their arrests are linked to an investigation in to the rape of a woman in a green area near to Church Road on the evening of September 9.
Both remain in custody this afternoon, Thursday, April 5.
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