TWO people have been arrested after £160 was stolen from an industrial estate.

The cash was stolen after a business premises on Queensway Industrial Estate was reportedly broken into in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

An object was thrown through the glass window of the front door, which was how entry was gained into the building.

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Officers investigating the spate of business burglaries in the area led them to an address in Marryat Road.

They searched the property and detained two people in the process.

A mobile device was seized for evidential purposes.

A 38-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man, both from New Milton, were arrested on suspicion of burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal.

They both remain in custody.

Enquiries remain ongoing in relation to other reported break-ins in the New Milton area which occurred between Saturday, November 14 and Tuesday, November 15.

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