Arrest following Post office robbery
POLICE have today made an arrest after a terrifying gun point robbery at a Hampshire Post Office.
Officers have detained a 24-year-old man from Holbury following an incident in which staff and a customer were threatened at the Blackfield branch on Hampton Lane. He remains in custody at Lyndhurst Police Station on suspicion of robbery.
As reported, police were called to the Post Office at around 9am on Friday amid reports a man had threatened two workers and a customer.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Operation Lead (pronounced as the metal) at Lyndhurst CID on 101 or the anonymous Crimestoppers charity line on 0800 555 111.
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