Police patrols stepped up in Cannock as two groups of youths are threatened with knives
Staffordshire Police has launched an investigation after two separate incidents where groups of youths in Cannock were robbed and threatened with a knife.
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Staffordshire Police are asking for help in investigating two incidents in Cannock town centre where two groups of youths were threatened and robbed by separate residents around the town.
The first incident took place on Market Street at around 4.40pm on Sunday, February 23, and say a group of four boys approached by a group of eight or nine teenagers.
The group threatened the four boys with a knife that was concealed in the waistband, demanding the boy's phones and bank cards.
In the incident, a 15-year-old boy had his phone, watch, bank card, coat and electric scooter stolen, and was also punched in the face.