Avon and Somerset Police have arrested a 22-year-old man after a woman was robbed of her handbag and purse while walking through Larkhall yesterday evening.
The woman was walking along St Saviour’s Road in Larkhall when the robbery took place just after 11pm.
The man took the woman’s handbag and purse after threatening her and telling her that he had a weapon.
Avon and Somerset Police called in the force helicopter from Filton, NPAS43, and it arrived on scene at around 11.30pm to search for the man.
The helicopter assisted in the search for the man, as well as the containment of an address the man was later discovered in.
2330hrs Bath assisting officers dealing with robbery and containment of an address.
— NPAS Filton (@NPAS_Filton) December 30, 2014
The man is being held in custody at Bath’s police station on Manvers Street today, and officers are appealing for any witnesses to the robbery to come forward.
You can call Avon and Somerset Police on 101 or alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
