Newmarket police chase results in man and woman being arrested in connection with string of thefts

A wanted couple who sparked a police chase around Newmarket town centre have been arrested.

Officers from Suffolk Police spotted a man and woman, who were both wanted in connection with a string of thefts, in the town yesterday and became involved in a chase.

Eyewitnesses reported having seen officers run through The Guineas shopping centre shortly before 5pm.

The woman was arrested a short time later in the town's High Street.

The man fled the scene but was later spotted by an off-duty police officer at Tesco Extra in Fordham Road.

The officer chased the man into a Studlands Park garden, in which the man broke a fence.

Following the arrival of more officers, the man was arrested.

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