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Two men have been arrested after an armed robbery at a petrol station in Alton just after midnight on Sunday night. According to Hampshire Live, Hampshire police said the arrests happened within half an hour of a 999 call.

The news was broken in a Tweet: “Eshift were called to an armed robbery at a petrol station in Alton. Within 30 mins of call, 2 males stopped in a van, weapons located. Both arrested & driver of the vehicle failed a roadside drug test now in custody with help from dog unit & roads policing.”

There is as yet no information about which forecourt in Alton had been targeted.