UPDATE: Police hunting Joseph McCann 'make arrest after overnight standoff'

Officers hunting fugitive Joseph McCann in connection with the rapes and abductions of three women have located a man in Congleton who "is currently talking to trained negotiators", police said.

Cheshire Constabulary said the suspect had been "secured by officers in a rural area" of the town where a large police presence was on the ground on Sunday night.

Earlier today, two women were forced into a black Fiat Punto in Congleton, Cheshire at around 6.45pm, sparking fears that the "extremely dangerous" suspected rapist had struck again.

The vehicle made off after it was spotted and pursued by officers, before it hit another car and the driver fled.

Police said the women had been left "extremely shaken" as a result of their ordeal but were unhurt.

Cheshire Constabulary later said officers had tracked down a man wanted in connection with the abductions.

"The man has been secured by officers in a rural area of Congleton and is currently talking to trained negotiators," the force said.

There has been no confirmation yet of the identity of the man who has been located by officers.

Scotland Yard detectives previously launched a hunt for the suspected rapist and kidnapper after he allegedly snatched two women in their 20s off the streets in Chingford and Edgware on April 25 in separate incidents, before they both escaped in Osborne Road, Watford.

He is also suspected of abducting a 21-year-old woman at knifepoint in Watford in the early hours of April 21 and raping her.