DETECTIVES have arrested a man following a series of knifepoint muggings in Deane and Daubhill.

As reported exclusively in Saturday's BEN, police were trying to trace a mugger preying on elderly women.

And vital new clues were provided from a BEN reader.

Yesterday a 20-year-old man, thought to be from the Deane area, was arrested and charged with five robberies. He was expected to appear before Bolton magistrates today.

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