Police have charged a wanted man with crimes including false imprisonment after a tip-off.

At around 2.45pm on February 13, Hertfordshire Constabulary received intelligence that a wanted man may have been travelling in a vehicle in the South Oxhey area.

Officers stopped the vehicle and arrested him.

Providing an update today (February 15), police said Aimen Mawia was charged with possession of a class B drug (cannabis), engaging in controlling/coercive behaviour, false imprisonment, and obstructing/resisting a constable in execution of duty.

The 29-year-old appeared at Hatfield Magistrates’ Court earlier today (February 15) where he denied the charges.

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Mawia, from London, was remanded until his next court appearance at St Albans Crown Court on March 20.

Theft from a motor vehicle arrest

Earlier this week, Hertfordshire Constabulary confirmed they had arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle on February 12.

He has since been released on police bail whilst enquiries continue.

Police had been called to Woodford Road, Watford, at 4.26am to a report that a man had been seen trying to gain access to a vehicle.