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Two men were arrested following a reported house burglary in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 9 October) in St Helens.
At around 12.45am it was reported a woman was in the kitchen of a property on Hatfield Close when three men walked in via an unlocked back door armed with wood and baseball bats and demanded to know where the safe was.
The woman manged to run out of the house via the front door and was not injured from the incident.
The three men then left the house through the back door and made off down the alleyway.
Officers attended with dog patrols, and Police Dog Taro tracked two of the suspects hiding in a garden.
A 20-year-old man from Knotty Ash and a 22-year-old man from St Helens were arrested on suspicion of aggravated burglary. They are still in police custody to be questioned.
Anyone with information is asked to DM @MerPolCC or @CrimestoppersUK on 0800 555 111 quoting reference 24000860972.
Click here for advice and protection against burglary: https://www.merseyside.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/
If you have CCTV, smart doorbell or dashcam footage of suspicious activity in your area but don’t know if it is linked to a specific offence, you can upload it online for the Operation Castle team here: https://unitedkingdom1cpp-portal.digital-policing.co.uk/merseyside/appeal/castle
Your footage will be reviewed for potential links to reported offences in your area, and may help us gather evidence to solve burglaries and bring offenders to justice.
You can also report any concerns to police on 999 if a crime is in progress, via 101, or via X @MerPolCC.