TWO men have today been arrested in connection with a theft from a telephone cash box.

TWO men have today been arrested in connection with a theft from a telephone cash box.

A 35-year-old from Ipswich and a 40-year-old from Great Cornard were arrested at 10.30am today.

They were being held in custody for questioning over the theft of an undisclosed sum of money from the telephone kiosk in Arwela Road in Felixstowe at about 6.40pm yesterday.

The theft led to a ground and air search around Nacton by Suffolk police involving patrol cars and the force helicopter Alpha 99.