FOUR men have been arrested in connection with cigarette thefts in Hampshire.

Officers swooped to arrest the men following a series of break-ins between January 2012 and May 2013, including two raids in Chandler's Ford.

Thieves targeted the Shell garage on Winchester Road in September 2012 and March 2013.

Police officers executed four warrants this morning in Slough, Berkshire and West Drayton, in connection to the cigarette breaks in Hampshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire.

Warrants were executed at Old Way Lane, Sutton Avenue and Elmshot Lane in Slough, and Heather Lane in West Drayton.

Three men from Slough aged 22, 30 and 32, and a 30-year-old man from West Drayton, were arrested on suspicion of burglary.

They are currently being questioned by police.