A man who was beaten up and dragged into a car off the street in Eastbourne has been found.

The victim, aged 18, was driven around East Sussex by a group of four men who are believed to have attacked him in Devonshire Place at 6.45am yesterday.

He was discovered at 10am, although police have refused to reveal the location. His face had been injured in the assault.

Witnesses saw the victim being attacked, then bundled into a dark Vauxhall Astra, parked near bollards.

Detective Inspector Adam Hibbert said: "It is too early to say what the motivation was behind this incident.

"A number of lines of inquiry are under way to establish exactly what happened to him but we need the public's assistance to get to the bottom of this incident."

He described the incident as serious and appealed for information from the public.