At around 8:00 PM, the victim sold his mobile phone to a boy, but during the meeting, the suspect robbed him of his phone and fled immediately. The police were quickly alerted and arrived on the scene within minutes. The caller immediately provided the description, allowing officers to shortly thereafter arrest a 16-year-old boy from Bergen op Zoom who matched the description. The boy attempted to escape, but the police quickly apprehended him.

The detectives have since launched an investigation and will interrogate the suspect.

Do you have information?
The police are still looking for witnesses of the robbery in Bergen op Zoom on Monday evening, April 14, around 8:00 PM. If you have information that may be important for our investigation, we would like to get in touch with you. You can share information with us via 0900 - 8844. Prefer to remain anonymous? Then call Crime Anonymous at 0800-7000.