TWO men were arrested last night by officers carrying out a manhunt following the rape of a woman in Maldon on Saturday night.

A local woman, aged in her 20s, was walking away from the Fullbridge supermarket in the underpass at Mill Lane, when she was approach by two men between 5.45pm and 6.15pm,

She was dragged into bushes and raped.

The men, one aged 26 from Maldon and the other aged 23 from London were arrested on suspicion of rape last night.

They are in police custody and will be questioned today.

Video: Police launch manhunt after brutal rape