Two arrested in connection with £2,500 bag snatch in town centre

By The Newsroom
Published 31st Dec 2009, 12:35 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:13 BST
Police hunting a pair of bag-snatchers who stole £2,500 from a local businesswoman have arrested two men.

The theft occured just before 1pm on Tuesday, when the woman left Barclays Bank in Devonshire Road with the money in a green plastic bag.

The first man, described as black and in his mid-to-late twenties, snatched the bag and ran down Parkhurst Road into Sackville Road, where a passer-by saw him get into a silver blue Rover saloon car driven by the second man.

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They drove towards the seafront, turning left at the roundabout junction.

Two men were arrested in Brighton early on Wednesday morning, after a car matching this description was stopped.