Four arrested after stolen car crashes into lamppost

Four suspected burglars have been arrested after the stolen car they were travelling in crashed into a lamppost.

The white VW Scirocco crashed in Heywood after it was taken from Bury on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said.

The occupants fled the scene but were later traced by a police task force and arrested on suspicion of burglary.

They remain in police custody for questioning and the car has been recovered to be examined, the force said.

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