Two men have been arrested in Lewisham after a victim was robbed of their phone and a police search uncovered a 20cm machete.

Whilst officers were on patrol on Lee High Road, the victim and their dad flagged down a police car and told the officers that the victim had been robbed.

As they were speaking to police, the victim saw the duo that allegedly robbed their phone walking down the street.

Police ran after the suspects.

One stopped and was arrested on suspicion of robbery.

The other fled from officers and after a chase, he was arrested.

As this second suspect was running, the dad of the victim saw him drop a mobile phone.

The dad picked this up and identified it as the one taken from the victim.

Police then searched the suspect who did not originally flee from officers and found a huge machete down his trousers.

Officers said the blade was more than 20cm long.

He was then arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon.

The suspect that fled admitted to officers that he had some cannabis spliffs stored in his pants and was further arrested on suspicion of possession of class B drugs.

Lewisham Police tweeted: “#Arrested “Great work by Emergency response team at #Lewisham and the victim’s father in spotting the discarded mobile phone.

“2 Arrested - More below.

“Whilst on the street at Lee High Road, SE12 at approximately 2.30pm the father and the victim flagged down a marked police vehicle and told the officers that the victim was robbed.

“Whilst engaging with the officers, the victim saw the suspects walking together down the street.

“Officers ran after the suspects, one stood still, and officers took hold of him and placed him under arrest for the robbery.

“Meanwhile the other fled from officers and after a chase he was arrested.

“Whilst suspect one was fleeing from officers, the father of the victim saw suspect one discard a mobile phone.

“He retrieved this and knew that it was the same phone as the one taken from the victim.

“When stopped and searched by officers suspect two was found with a large machete down his trousers.

“The blade was over 20cm.

“Suspect two was then arrested for possession of an offensive weapon.

“Suspect one told officers that he had some spliffs in his pants and these were recovered after a search of his person and was further arrested for possession of Class B.”

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