Two suspected lead thieves have been arrested after one was found crouching in bushes and another in a garden shed.

Police were called just before 5am on Wednesday to a report of two people taking metal from the roof of a building in King Street.

Two men were seen running away and lead, believed to be stolen, was found in a nearby garden.

Officers searching the area found a man hiding in bushes in a garden in Mill Lane and a second man inside a shed.

A 21-year-old and a 20-year-old from Canterbury were arrested on suspicion of theft.

They have both been released under investigation.

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