Enquires so far which have been conducted by Tameside’s Neighbourhood Crime Team, have established that a man approached the driver who had collected the cash and physically assaulted him, knocking him to the ground with kicks and punches before robbing him of the cash box and making off in the direction of Church Street on foot.
The driver called 999 whilst suffering from his injuries and whilst on the phone to one our call operators, a dog handler from GMP’s Specialist Operations was on-duty and patrolling the area in his vehicle when he heard the job on the district channel on his radio.
He immediately responded to the area, tracking the suspect’s location before a short foot chase took place, arresting him with the support of his dog, PD Axel.
The suspect was still in possession of the cash box.
A man aged 41 was arrested on suspicion of robbery.
