Police dogs and a helicopter were in Rainham after a suspected burglary.
Officers were in Ingrebourne Road after a vehicle, suspected to have been involved in a house burglary, was stopped. The burglary is not believed to have happened in the area.
Essex Police dogs’ unit and a helicopter were deployed to the scene.
Cllr Jeff Tucker (Independent Residents’ Group, Rainham and Wennington) said: “There was a lot of police activity in the area. There were about two police vans, one of them a dog van, and four police cars.”
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