A WOMAN has been arrested in connection with a number of raid in Braintree last month.

She is the third person to be arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary following break-ins in the Marks Farm area in November.

A man from Braintree and a man from Dagenham were arrested by police on Sunday.

It comes after a number of properties were broken into in the Marks Farm area in November.

Residents reported seeing a number of police cars in the Vanguard Way area yesterday evening.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Officers attended an address in Vanguard Way yesterday (Wednesday, December 12) and a 31 year-old woman was arrested later at Braintree Police Station on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary.

"She has been released on bail until January 8.

"A 45 year-old man from Braintree and a 44 year-old man from Dagenham were arrested on Sunday, December 9 on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary.

"They have been released on bail until January 5.

"We’d like to express our thanks to the community in the Kings Park and Marks Farm for their support and help with this investigation."