Two men have been arrested following a police investigation into a spate of cooking oil thefts across a county, a force has revealed. The men, aged 33 and 34, were both arrested on suspicion of going equipped for burglary, Cheshire Police said.
They were held after officers swooped on a car in Wilmslow in the early hours of Wednesday in what was described as a 'stop check'. Both men are from the Sheffield area and police said on Wednesday afternoon they remain in custody for questioning.
Police said the arrests follow an investigation 'into the theft of cooking oil across Cheshire'. No further details have been revealed, but the car was stopped on the A34 Ainslie Way at around 1.45am this morning.
