A SUSPECTED serial flasher thought to have committed up to 23 cases of indecent exposure has been arrested.

Police say the 19-year-old man they have arrested is suspected of carrying out numerous exposure offences in Waltham Abbey in June and July this year.

Her is said to have operated in areas including Upshire Road, Farthingale Lane and Ninefields.

The man, who is from Waltham Abbey, has been charged with four counts of exposure with a further 19 offences to be taken into account.

He has been released on bail and will appear at Harlow Magistrates Court on September 1.