- ITV Report
Police arrest two over poppy tin thefts
Police in Essex have arrested two people on suspicion of stealing poppy collection tins and swapping them with empty ones.
A 53-year-old man from Chelmsford and a 51-year-old woman from Tiptree have been arrested as part of an investigation into 14 missing collection boxes. Most have been taken from Chelmsford but police say others have disappeared from Colchester, Tiptree and Brentwood.
The man currently remains in police custody for questioning while the woman has been bailed pending further inquiries to report back on Sunday December 7.