RESIDENTS in Southampton city centre were woken up in the early hours after a burglary took place at a supermarket.

A force helicopter was in the skies over Southampton after reports of a burglary at Aldi in Bevois Valley Road at about 3am yesterday.

Officers from Hampshire police were initially called to the scene and searched the area, with assistance from the National Police Air Service.

Two men were arrested a short time later on suspicion of burglary and are in custody this morning.

They are a 21-year-old man from Southampton and a 23-year-old man from Southampton.