POLICE took just 30 minutes to find a car which was reported as stolen in the early hours of this morning.
The car was reported stolen from Parkanaur Avenue, in Thorpe Bay at about 1.50am this morning.
At 2.20am, a patrol car spotted a car matching the description of the stolen vehicle, with false registration plates, in Eastmayne, Basildon.
The car was stopped and a man was arrested.
A 24-year-old man remains in custody on suspicion of theft of a vehicle.
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