A man was arrested in a busy city street on Tuesday.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a number of police officers in the Goldsmith Street area of Dereham Road at around 11.30am yesterday.

A Norfolk Constabulary spokeswoman has confirmed the force arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of theft in connection with an incident at a shop in Dereham Road.

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He was taken to Wymondham Police Investigation Centre where he remains.

Since being taken into custody, he has been further arrested on suspicion of two more incidents of theft from a shop in Norwich Road - one on Sunday, June 16 and another on Monday, June 17.