AN armed robbery in Wordsley last night (Thursday, September 29) has led to two men being taken into police custody.

Masked men burst into the One Stop store in Swan Lane just before 10pm and while one of the men kept watch at the door, the other brandished a large kitchen knife and demanded cash and vodka.

They fled from the store on foot with £80 and two bottles.

CCTV enquiries identified one of the offenders who had been in the store some days before, as he was wearing the same clothing, and was arrested from his home address less than an hour later.

The second offender was identified from a tattoo on his hand and, in the early hours of this morning, officers arrested him from his home address after a short foot chase as he tried to escape wearing just his boxer shorts.

Two bottles of vodka and clothing matching that seen in the CCTV were also recovered from the address.

The men, both aged 22, will be questioned later today (Friday, September 30).

Chief Inspector Gill Davenport, of Dudley Police, said: “We conducted a speedy investigation with the help of staff at the shop, including a first arrest for one of our new student officers.”