TWO men have been arrested after two different bookmakers in Brighton were robbed at gunpoint.

Officers swooped on a vehicle in Whitehawk Crescent, Brighton, on Tuesday night and making at least one arrest.

Another man was also detained.

The pair were arrested on suspicion of committing two robberies at two different Ladbrokes bookmakers in the city.

The first happened on Sunday (August 7) at the Ladbrokes branch in The Broadway, Whitehawk, at 9.15pm.

Two men went in and demanded cash from the staff.

One of them was armed with a black object described as a handgun.

They escaped with £2,800 from the safe and the tills. No one was hurt.

Then on Tuesday (August 9) two men went to the Ladbrokes in St George's Road, Kemp Town, at 7.20pm.

One was armed with a black object again described as a handgun and the other had a knife.

They demanded cash from the cashier and made off with more than £1,000 cash.

A 27-year-old man from Brighton was arrested on suspicion of two counts of robbery and a 32-year-old man from Hove was detained on suspicion of two counts of robbery and possession of a firearm without a certificate.

Witnesses are asked to contact Sussex Police by emailing 101@sussex.pnn.police.uk or ring 101 quoting Operation Hartwell.