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More than 60 people held in police custody in the Black Country this morning: here's where and why

More than 60 people are waking up in custody in the Black Country this morning after a force-wide clampdown by West Midlands Police over the weekend that saw suspected robbers arrested.

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A police spokesman said: "We've got more than 150 suspects in our cells today for a range of offences including burglary, robbery and driving offences."

In Oldbury there were 43 people detained, including a man in his 30s who was arrested by officers after they stopped a vehicle which was seen leaving the scene of a burglary.

In Wolverhampton, there were 14, including suspects for assault, threats to kill and indecent assault.

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