A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of armed robberies and attempted robberies in Essex.
The man was arrested after a robber threatened staff at an Asda petrol station at Eastgate in Basildon.
He is being questioned in connection with robberies in Basildon, Colchester, Pitsea and Wickford.
The man, who is from Colchester, is currently being questioned by detectives at Basildon police station.
Offender ran off
The latest incident took place at the Asda petrol station on Eastgate when a man threatened staff with a knife shortly before 1100 GMT.
The offender ran off without stealing anything.
On Saturday at the BP petrol station on Nethermayne a man walked into the shop shortly before 0200 GMT and threatened staff with a knife, before walking out with a three-figure sum of cash.
Previous robberies have taken place at Coral Racing bookmakers in Wickford (3 February), the Subway food outlet on Pitsea Broadway (2 February), Betstar in Basildon (29 January), Farm Foods on Pitsea High Road (27 January), the Co-op Chemist at the Laindon Centre in Basildon (26 January) and at Dovercourt Ford in Colchester (24 January).
No-one has been injured in any of the robberies.
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