A tractor was stolen and left in a restaurant car park in Chigwell.

Police were alerted by a witness at 4.30pm on Saturday when they saw that the vehicle was being taken from a farm in High Road.

The witness followed the tractor after calling police and saw it being parked in a restaurant car park in Lambourne End.

He then left the tractor and left the scene in a van driven by another man.

The van was spotted in the Abridge area at about 6.20pm following a police search.

It was stopped later in Stapleford Abbotts.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of theft of a vehicle.

A 37-year-old man from Hutton and a 41-year-old man from Romford were later both bailed until July 4 pending further enquiries.