POLICE arrested four men near Severn Stoke on suspicion of going equipped to commit a crime.

The force was alerted by a sharp-eyed driver, who saw three vehicles parked on a layby on the A38, with the occupants behaving suspiciously in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Officers rushed to the scene and arrested the men and recovered the vehicles, which may have been carrying false registration plates.

Anyone with information should call the police on 101 and quote incident number 0010s/180118.