THREE men escaped the police while a fourth was arrested after being stopped by a burglary patrol following a spate of break-ins in Crawley, Copthorne and across the region.
Extra marked and unmarked teams were on duty over the weekend as part of Operation Smart, the investigation into the burglaries of almost 100 homes across Sussex, Kent and Surrey since September.
At 4.40pm on Sunday one of those unmarked patrols pulled over a silver Seat Exeo, in Bridgelands, Copthorne, because the officers...
