A TEENAGER has been arrested by police after neighbourhood officers located a stolen moped in the Withypool area.

Avon and Somerset Police officers were carrying out proactive controls in the area, which is on the southern outskirts of Bristol nearby Dundry, before spotting the moped on Friday, June 20.

It had been reported as being stolen after an alleged burglary the previous night in Stoke Bishop on the North Western side of Bristol.

Police confirm a 17-year-old was arrested in Queens Road on suspicion of burglary. He has since been released on conditional police bail while the investigation continues.

Avon and Somerset Police have said that the moped has been returned to its owner.