POLICE arrested three men suspected of burgling a house.

Officers were called at 2pm on Thursday after reports a house in Mannering Gardens, Westcliff, was being broken into. Moments later, several men got into a car and sped off.

At 5.10pm, police spotted a car and tailed it for 20 minutes before pulling it over in Sutton Road, Southend.

A 24-year-old man from Romford is being questioned by detectives at Southend police station. Police did not have any more information about the other two men as we went to press.