Arrest After Men Run-Off From Off-Duty Police Officer

A man has been arrested after two people fled from an off-duty Police officer in Market Harborough town centre this morning.

He stopped a car on Coventry Road, close the junction with The Square, just before 10am, after recognising the Ford Focus from when it failed to stop for officers earlier in the week.

Members of the public assisted the male officer in attempting to detain the two men before they ran off.

A 48-year-old man from Lutterworth was arrested in the Welland Park Road area shortly afterwards and is being questioned on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.

The search for the other occupant continues.

Police seized the car.