A sixth person has been arrested in connection with two robberies at Market Cross Jewellers.
Cleveland Police executed a warrant today at a property in Manchester and arrested a 24-year-old Manchester man in connection with the robberies in Yarm and Middlesbrough.
The man is currently in police custody.
The Yarm High Street shop was raided on November 10, and the Linthorpe Road store on January 13.
In both robberies weapons, believed to be axes, were used and the thieves fled with hundreds of thousands of pounds of jewellery.
In the Yarm robbery, the suspects smashed display cases and ransacked parts of the shop before making their getaway.
They stole a large number of high value watches, jewellery and cash.
Shortly after the Middlesbrough robbery, armed police cordoned off Fleetham Street, in nearby Cannon Park, where a car – believed to have been used by the robbers – was found abandoned.
Speaking after the Middlesbrough robbery Dawn Welsh, company manager at Market Cross Jewellers, praised staff for their quick thinking after they activated security smoke during the attack.
Three other people from the Manchester area and two from the Cleveland area remain on police bail pending further inquiries.
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