A driver has been arrested following a police chase in the West Midlands. 

The West Midlands Police Traffic Unit said the road crime team were out on patrol in Winson Green when they found a stolen Range Rover. 

The car was linked to a burglary in Redditch that had happened just hours earlier. 

Officers pursued the vehicle but the driver crashed it and fled the scene. 

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The Road Crime Team later found the suspect on a nearby street and they are now in custody. 

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, a spokesperson for WMP Traffic said: "The Road Crime Team on patrol in Winson Green found a stolen Range Rover, stolen in a burglary hours earlier in Redditch.

"The vehicle was pursued and crashed before the driver fled. They were caught in a nearby street."