Wordsley armed robbery arrests: Knife-wielding raiders threaten staff
Masked men burst into a convenience shop banishing a large kitchen knife during an armed raid in Wordsley.
Two raiders fled on foot after targeting the shop last night.
But police were able to trace the pair - one of which had been captured on CCTV in the store in the same clothing just days before.
The local men, both aged 22, were arrested and are being questioned today.
Masked men burst into One Stop, in Swan Lane, just before 10pm.
Police said, while one kept watch at the door, the other brandished a large kitchen knife and demanded cash and vodka.
They left the shop on foot with £80 and two bottles.
Officers looked at CCTV and identified one of the offenders who had been in the store recently.
He was arrested from his home address less than an hour later.
The second offender was identified from a tattoo on his hand and, in the early hours of this morning, officers arrested him from his home address after a short footchase as he tried to escape wearing just his boxer shorts.
The two bottles of vodka and clothing matching that seen in the CCTV were also recovered from the address.
