Four held as armed police swoop

ARMED police arrested four men today in connection with an robbery outside a bank in Swallownest.

Addresses in Park Hill and Chesterfield Road, Aston, and Sorby Road, Swallownest, were raided at 8.30am.

Four men, aged 17, 19, 21 and 22 were on suspicion of committing armed robbery and burglaries involving ATM cash machines.

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The arrests come after a security van was robbed outside the Royal Bank of Scotland, in High Street, Swallownest, on Tuesday.

Officers are still seeking witnesses and anyone with information should contact South Yorkshire Police on 0114 220 2020, quoting reference 373 of September 27, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.