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LEWES RAID: Arrests made

ARRESTS have been made after a brazen daylight raid on a jewellers.

Four robbers with sledgehammers struck at around 3.40pm today (Thursday) at W E Clark and Son, Cliffe High Street, Lewes.

A police spokesman said: 'Several people have been arrested after police stopped a car on the A22 near the Boship roundabout at Hailsham following a robbery at a jeweller's shop in Cliffe High Street, Lewes.

'The alarm was raised when a number of people were seen smashing the window of the shop and entering before making off in a car. There are no reports of injuries.

'Police are searching the area and, as a result, there is local traffic congestion.'

Are you the woman who took the keys from the getaway vehicle?

Call Steve Holloway on 01273 480601 or email: steve.holloway@sussexnewspapers.co.uk


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