Arrest after van driven through fence in theft bid
Police were called to a compound in Stoke-on-Trent in the early hours of Friday
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A man has been arrested after a van was driven through a fence in Stoke-on-Trent following reports of a vehicle theft.
Police were sent to Fife Street, Fenton, at about 02:55 BST on Friday after a call about somebody trying to drive a VW Caddy out of a compound.
The vehicle was abandoned after they failed to get it all the way through the fence.
A 42-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent has since been arrested on suspicion of attempted vehicle theft, and remains in custody.
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