DETECTIVES in Chester have charged a man in connection with two burglaries and three car thefts.

Jake Fagan, aged 23, of Exeter Road in Ellesmere Port has been charged with two burglary offences, three thefts of motor vehicles, driving without a licence, driving without insurance and without due care and attention.

He was remanded to appear at Liverpool Crown Court on Thursday, June 27.

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of burglary has been released on bail.

A 19-year-old man from Ellesmere Port was arrested on suspicion of burglary and has been released under investigation.

The charge relates to a burglary at a house on Stanton Drive in Chester on May 29 and a burglary at an address on Lache Park Avenue in Chester on May 31.

All vehicles in the alleged car thefts were recovered by police and returned to their owners.