Five teenagers were arrested after a car was stolen from Bromley and stopped in Swanley with five teenagers inside.

The car was stopped on Wednesday, November 23.

The same car was also linked to an attempted theft of a Land Rover Discovery from an address in Snodland the previous day.

All five males, aged between 15 and 18, were arrested and released on bail pending further enquiries.

The arrests have been made as part an operation targeting cross-border criminality led by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate and Tactical Operations team.

The operation ran for three days from Tuesday, November 22.

Detective Chief Inspector Patrick Milford of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said: “Burglars, thieves and other criminals do not recognise county boundaries or care which force is responsible for policing a particular area. All they think about is making money from and taking possessions that do not belong to them.

“It is therefore very important we know who is travelling in and out of Kent with the intention of committing crime, and that we work with neighbouring forces to take action against them.

“This was a successful operation that resulted in a number of arrests, but equally as important was the amount of information we were able to obtain into a number of ongoing investigations relating to serious and organised criminality.

“This work will continue in the interests of everyone who lives and works in Kent.”

A spokesperson for Kent Police said: “Ten arrests were made as part an operation targeting cross-border criminality led by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate and Tactical Operations team.

“Officers used a range of tactics to detect and stop vehicles linked to offences committed in the county including burglaries, thefts of high value vehicles, motoring offences and domestic abuse.

“Shortly after midnight on Wednesday 23 November 2023 a car reported stolen from the London borough of Bromley was stopped in Swanley following a pursuit with five teenage males inside.

“The same vehicle had also been linked to an attempted theft of a Land Rover Discovery from an address in Snodland the previous day.

“All five males, from London and aged between 15 and 18, were arrested and released on bail pending further enquiries.”