Man arrested by armed police after threatening staff with knife during robbery at Derbyshire Sainsbury’s store

Derbyshire Police were called to reports that a man had entered the Sainsbury’s shop in High Street, Newhall, at around 9.15pm on Wednesday 14 February – when he threatened staff with a knife and demanded cash and cigarettes.

He left the shop with a substantial amount of cash and cigarettes. Nobody was physically hurt.

Local officers arrived a short time later and, after information about a possible suspect was gathered, armed officers conducted a search of a property in Oversetts Road – where a man was arrested shortly after on suspicion of armed robbery.

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The man, who is in his 30s and from the town, remains in police custody.