Two armed raids in two Leicestershire towns are being linked by police.
Late on Wednesday evening a man went in to a shop in Meadow Lane, Coalville and threatened staff with what is believed to be a gun, but left empty-handed.
Just after midnight, at a shop in Leicester Road, Loughborough, two men entered a store and again brandished what may have been a gun.
No-one was injured in either incident and police have appealed for witnesses. A man, aged in his 20s, was arrested.
Leicestershire Police said that minutes after the second raid, a red Vauxhall car was seen being driven erratically, away from the area.
The car was later found in a ditch on the A46, near Old Dalby.
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