At 8.30 p.m. on Monday, police were called to Mackley Industrial Estate in Henfield to investigate a theft. The thieves fled the scene in a vehicle, which was followed by a marked police car and the national police air service helicopter. It came to a halt in Crawley’s Boleyn Close, where the three suspects were seen fleeing the scene. Three men were apprehended in the area. A 27-year-old Epsom man was arrested on suspicion of stealing from a motor vehicle. A 43-year-old man from an unknown address was arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle, reckless driving, possession of Class A drugs (heroin), failing to stop when ordered to do so, and going equipped for theft. A 38-year-old Southerham man was arrested on suspicion of stealing from a motor vehicle and failing to stop. All are still being held at this time.
