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Man Arrested On The Isle Of Wight After Couple Forced To Drive To Cashpoint To Withdraw Money

A man has been arrested on the Isle of Wight following a series of serious incidents, including one where a couple were forced to drive to a cashpoint to withdraw money.

As previously reported, the NPAS helicopter was drafted in to support officers in the Carisbrooke area yesterday (Thursday).

Officers have been making enquiries in the Newport area in relation to a series of burglaries.

The incidents being investigated are as follows:

  • Overnight on May 28, a warehouse unit was broken into on Riverway, Newport.
  •  At around 11pm on May 30, a residential address was broken into on Riverway, Newport. Threats were made towards the occupants, and cash and mobile phones were stolen.
  • Attempted break-in at an address on Whitcombe Road, Newport, reported to police at 11.20am on Thursday, June 3.
  • Aggravated burglary at an address on Nunnery Lane, Newport, between 2.45am and 4am on Friday, June 4. Threats were made towards the occupants, who were then made to drive to a cashpoint to withdraw money.

Following enquiries, a 25-year-old man, of no fixed abode, has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary, burglary and kidnap.

He remains in custody at this time.

The kidnap element relates to the allegation that the victims in the Nunnery Lane incident were made to drive to a cashpoint.

As part of this investigation, police are also looking at suspicious incidents reported in the Marvel Lane and Whitcombe Road areas on June 2 and 3 whereby a man has attended addresses asking for clothing and water.

Anyone with information about the burglary incidents, or the suspicious incidents, is asked to call 101 quoting 44210217123.

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