The boys, both from Wickford, were arrested on suspicion of 28 offences between them. Essex Police said that reported incident was now being treated as linked to a reported Land Rover theft from Rochford on the same night and other offences. “Two people have ben arrested in Basildon as part of an investigation into a series of vehicle thefts and attempted thefts in south Essex,” the force press office said. “The two teenage boys were arrested in Cranes Farm Road on Tuesday morning, 27 January, after a Land Rover was stolen from the Rochford area overnight. After short, separate foot chases, two teenage boys were arrested.