Essex Fire Service was called to the scene and rescued the suspected burglar off the roof of an Indian restuarant in Stansted. (Image: Archant)
A man suspected of burglary had to be lifted off the roof of an Indian restaurant by a cherry picker in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Police were contacted after reports of a person on the roof of the building on Station Road in Stansted at 5.20am.
Essex Fire Service was also called to the scene, and rescued the 21-year-old man with the help of a cherry picker.
The man, of no fixed address, was then arrested on suspicion of burglary shortly before 7am, and is currently in custody.
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