Man, 33, arrested as police investigate robberies in Hilsea and Portchester
A MAN has been arrested following a spate of robberies where shop staff were threatened.
Police officers investigating the series of incidents have today arrested a 33-year-old man from Hilsea on suspicion of two robberies.
The arrest came after two men entered a BP garage on West Street in Portchester at around 10.30pm on Tuesday, June 8.
Staff members were threatened and the two men fled the scene with a quantity of cash and tobacco.
In another incident at 2.10pm on Monday, June 14, a man entered a Co-Op store on Northern Parade in Hilsea.
Staff members were threatened, and a quantity of cash, along with a till, were stolen.
He remains in custody at this time.