Deliveroo driver in Birmingham robbed at knife point in the city centre

A teenager has been arrested after an attempted knife point robbery against a Deliveroo driver in Birmingham city centre.

Neighbourhood police officers were on patrol around Broadway Plaza when they were alerted to a robbery in progress on Monday (May 15).

They ran to the scene and stopped a Deliveroo driver from being robbed at knife point around 1.15pm. Following a foot chase, they arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of robbery, assault and possession of a weapon.

The officers recovered a knife, 30 wraps of heroin and cocaine, and a meat cleaver from the scene. Further checks while in custody revealed the man was wanted on suspicion of a robbery a couple of days earlier and for breaching bail conditions. He remains in custody for questioning.

Officers also searched a home in Ladywood in connection with the robbery and recovered more drugs, a number of car keys relating to unknown vehicles and two handguns –one replica and one BB gun. A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm and is currently in custody.

West Midlands Police said: “Investigations are being carried out into the drugs and to trace the cars linked to the keys found, we will also be forensically examining the weapons.”