A TEENAGER has been arrested in connection with a number of vehicle thefts in East Lothian and elsewhere in Edinburgh and the Lothians.

The incidents were reported between July 8 and 27, when six properties were found to have been entered in Prestonpans, Musselburgh, Wallyford, Edinburgh, Gorebridge and Newtongrange.

Car keys were taken from the addresses and used to steal six vehicles, with five of these having so far been recovered.

A 16-year-old boy has now been charged in connection with all of these incidents, as well as the theft of a motorbike from outside a property in Edinburgh.

He is expected to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court tomorrow (Thursday).