A teenage boy and four men from Leicester were arrested yesterday in connection with alleged sex crimes against teenage girls

A teenage boy and four men from Leicester were arrested yesterday in connection with alleged sex crimes against teenage girls.

The five, aged 17 to 23, were detained in the city yesterday by detectives from Nottinghamshire Police.

The arrests were part of a joint operation between the Nottinghamshire force and colleagues from Leicestershire.

Nottinghamshire Police said that the men were being questioned last night about alleged offences against girls in Newark, Nottinghamshire in July.

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In a statement, Nottinghamshire Police said the five were being questioned on suspicion of child abduction and sexual activity with children.

It is alleged the girls – three aged 14 and one aged 15 – were assaulted in four separate incidents in July.

The men are suspected of having travelled from Leicester to Newark and then took the girls to addresses in Leicestershire, where it is alleged the assaults took place.

The five men are being questioned on suspicion of child abduction, while two of them are being quizzed on suspicion of serious sexual assault.

The 17-year-old boy and four men – two aged 18, one aged 20 and one aged 23 – were taken into custody in Nottinghamshire.

They were due to be interviewed by detectives last night.