Man arrested following attempted car theft from car dealership

A man has been arrested following an attempted car theft from a dealership in Stoke-on-Trent.

We got a call to Dividy Road, Bentilee, just after 11.15pm yesterday (Tuesday 26 March) after two men were seen getting into a number of cars at the garage.

Officers quickly went to the scene and stopped a man in the area.

A 27-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested on suspicion of vehicle theft. He remains in custody.

CCTV shows another man, wearing red jogging bottoms, heading in the direction of Park Hall Road following the incident. We are carrying out enquiries to try and find him.

Anyone with any information or those with CCTV or dashcam footage of the area at the time are urged to get in touch with us.

Call 101, quoting incident number 769 of 26 March, or message us using Live Chat on our website.

You can also call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. 

Targeting vehicle thieves and protecting people’s belongings is a priority for all ten local policing teams across Staffordshire.

Since we launched a crackdown back in June 2022, we have arrested more than 120 suspected vehicle thieves and charged more than 50 with offences.

To read more about what we’ve been doing, visit: More than 120 arrests and 50 charged – here’s what we’re doing to tackle vehicle theft | Staffordshire Police