A man has been arrested in connection with the large-scale illegal tipping of waste in Oxfordshire, police have said.

The 39-year-old, from the Guildford area, was arrested on Tuesday following co-operation between the Environment Agency (EA) and the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit.

Last week, the EA declared the 40ft-high mountain of waste near Kidlington a "critical incident" .

Anna Burns, the Environment Agency's area director for the Thames, said that the "appalling illegal waste dump... has rightly provoked outrage over the potential consequences for the community and environment".

"We have been working round the clock with the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit to bring the perpetrators to justice and make them pay for this offence," she added.

"Our invest

See Full Page