Machete and meat cleaver used in two terrifying robberies in Boston

The robberies took place in a pub and a petrol station.

The first one saw a man using a machete in a raid on the New Inn on Pen Street.

The incident happened at 5.39pm. The man is believed to be in this 30s.

He took money, thought to be around £500, and then left the premises.

The second incident took place at John Adams Way Service Station.

Officers were called at 12.21am.

The offender, who is thought to have been carrying a meat cleaver, left the scene.

A 31-year-old man was later arrested at an address in Boston, this morning (1 December) on suspicion of robbery.

Currently police are treating the robberies as separate incidents but are investigating to establish if they are linked.

We would like to hear from anyone who has information about either robbery. Contact police in one of the following ways:

Call 101, quoting Incident 328 of 30 November for the pub robbery and Incident 12 of 1 December for the service station robbery; email [email protected] using the reference number as the subject line, or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.