UPDATE: 3.11pm

Police have now charged the 38-year-old man with perverting the course of justice.

UPDATE: 1.44pm

POLICE investigating the reported robbery of a bakery delivery driver and the theft of his van early on Monday morning have arrested a 38-year-old man on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.

He is in police custody assisting officers with their enquiries.

The van which was reported stolen was found yesterday in the Malpas area of Newport.

The contents of the van were still on board.

Gwent Police is no longer investigating a robbery.