A TEENAGED boy has been arrested in connection with a reported street robbery in Bournemouth.
Dorset Police say a boy, aged in his late teens, was walking though an alleyway between High Howe Lane and Ringwood Road, when he was approached by another teenaged boy, who lifted up his top to show a knife tucked into the waistband of his trousers.
The victim was ordered to hand over his phone and threatened to be stabbed if he ran away, police say. He was also forced to go to a nearby cash machine and withdraw money, which was handed over.
Following enquiries by detectives from Bournemouth CID, a 17-year-old Bournemouth boy has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and is assisting officers with their enquiries.
Meanwhile, a 16-year-old boy from Bournemouth who was previously arrested in connection with the incident has been released from the investigation and faces no further police action.
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