A woman was allegedly kidnapped by a man in a car just moments after he asked her for directions.
The man dragged her into his vehicle in the early hours of Monday morning in Hove.
Police have since arrested a 21-year-old man from Brighton in connection with the incident.
Officers say the woman was at the junction of Selborne Road and Church Road when the man targeted her at around 2am.
He drove the car a short distance along First Avenue before the woman managed to escape and call for help.
The vehicle thought to be involved in the kidnapping was seized later that evening.
Sussex Police arrested the man in the early hours of this morning on suspicion of kidnap, theft of a vehicle and making off without payment.
