Officers were alerted to a blue Audi S5 after a driver was seen to be acting suspiciously just after 12.30pm on March 22.

Before officers could pursue the car, the Audi collided with another car. Two men got out of the car on Longfields.

A 19-year-old man from Chelmsford was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and possession with intent to supply drugs.

He has since been released pending further investigation.

The other man is still outstanding.

Whilst they were searching from the men who had decamped from the car officers came across a VW Polo on Allectus Way with two men and a teenager inside.

After further investigation officers said that the occupants of the Polo appeared not to be related to the original search.

Two 18-year-old men and a 17-year-old boy were arrested for possession with intent to supply drugs and possession of an offensive weapon.

Those with information about the passengers of the blue Audi or dashcam footage of the incident should contact Braintree police station on 101, quoting incident 428 of March 22.