DETECTIVES investigating an armed robbery in York have arrested a teenager today.
Two women working at MacRae's newsagent in Huntington Road were threatened with a gun in the robbery, which took place on Thursday, August 28.
The suspect made off with less than £200 and some cigarettes, and armed police searched the streets surrounding the shop following the robbery.
North Yorkshire Police have confirmed today that a 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of the robbery at an address in Greenfields, off Haxby Road, this morning.
He is currently in police custody
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