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Three arrested in connection with armed robbery

Three men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a chemists in Staffordshire.

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Lloyds Pharmacy along Lichfield Road in Burntwood was targeted when a man entered the store and demanded cash before threatening staff with a BB gun, which officers found discarded at the scene.

Police said today that a 51-year-old man from Cannock was arrested on Saturday and two further men, a 24-year-old from Walsall and a 31-year-old, who has no fixed address, were both arrested on Tuesday.

They have been released on police bail pending further inquiries into the raid last Friday.

Anyone with information should call 101.

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