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Weapons thrown from a Carlton window lead to robbery arrest

A tip-off to police officers while they were attending a separate call led to a robbery suspect being arrested.

 

Nobody answered the door when police knocked on a flat in Carlton Square, Carlton, about an unrelated incident.

As they went to leave, officers received intelligence that weapons had just been thrown from a window at the address.

Based on this information, they searched the area below the property and found a knife and an air gun on the floor outside.

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A silver chain, bank cards, a set of keys, and a driver’s licence were also recovered around 7:35 pm on Thursday (24 October).

Believing the items had been discarded out of a window of the flat they’d just visited, police returned to the address and detained a suspect.

The police system showed that some of the items matched the description of ones taken during a knifepoint robbery around two weeks earlier. A teenager was reportedly threatened and forced to hand over his belongings during this incident, also in Carlton Square, around 5:55 pm on 11 October.

The 22-year-old man detained by officers on Thursday was subsequently arrested on suspicion of robbery.

Sergeant Ashley Taylor, of Nottinghamshire Police, said:

“Robbery is an incredibly serious offence that can leave a lasting impact on victims, so we’re naturally pleased to have made this arrest.

“The awareness of the officers in attendance enabled us to do this, after they immediately acted on intelligence as it came in to carry out a search of the area and locate several items.

“These included two weapons – a knife and an air gun – as well as a selection of belongings that were reportedly stolen during a robbery earlier this month.

“This incident should serve as a good example of the role the public can play in helping us solve crime, so we’d ask people to continue reporting offences to us by calling 101.”

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