FOUR men have been arrested after a police chase in North Yorkshire.

A Fiat Punto being driven suspiciously failed to stop for officers in Foreshore Road, Scarborough, in the early hours of today, North Yorkshire Police said.

A spokesman for the force explained: "North Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Group officers immediately attended the area, and pursued the vehicle out of town northwards, through Burniston and into Ravenscar.

"The car crashed into a building in Ravenscar at about 12.25am, and all four occupants were arrested."

An 18-year-old man from the Hull area was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, driving whilst unfit through drugs, driving dangerously and failing to stop.

Three men aged 22, 22 and 37, also from the Hull area, were arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle.

All four remain in custody while enquiries continue, the spokesman added.