A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a shop worker during a robbery.
Police were called to the store in Milner Road, Brighton, on March 27 after the hold-up alarm was activated.
The shop worker reported that a man had attempted to steal items inside the store before assaulting him behind the counter.
He snatched money from the till and fled the shop.
Officers at the scene were given a description of the suspect by witnesses and by the victim, a 42-year-old man.
A dog handler officer was briefed, who had arrived with police dog Hoxton, known as Hox - a two-year-old German Shepherd.
The dog was able to track down the suspect to a local back garden.
The dog handler officer said: “Hox was asked to locate the suspect, and despite the trail potentially being contaminated, he continued to track.
“Two members of the public alerted us that they had seen a suspect going behind a property in Baden Road.
“Hox was already indicating to go across the road, so we crossed and searched behind the properties. Hox located a suspect in a back garden.
“All the cash stolen during the robbery was recovered, and the victim also identified the suspect.”
A 23-year-old man from Brighton was subsequently arrested on suspicion of robbery and was taken to custody.
He has since been released on police bail, pending further enquiries.
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