VIDEO Four people have been arrested at Ipswich's Waterfront over theft offences after a police helicopter hunt.

FOUR people have been arrested at Ipswich's Waterfront in connection with theft offences today.

The suspects were detained at about 4pm after Suffolk police's helicopter had been sent to the skies earlier in the afternoon.

The helicopter was sent up to hunt for the occupants of a car that was believed to be connected to a series of thefts from shops yesterday.