– This applies to relatively serious criminal offences. So says the police attorney in the Sør-West police district, Fredrik Hemmingsen. On Thursday evening, they sent out a press release in which they stated that several young men aged 18 to 20 have been arrested in an operation. They are charged with cases of robbery and violence. The police will not tell news how many people are involved. More robberies in central Stavanger Recently, there have been several cases of young people being robbed in Stavanger. Here are some of them: Yesterday the Sør-Vest police district reported youths who had robbed a teenager at Byterminalen in Stavanger. On Saturday 13 July, three 18-year-olds were arrested after what the police refer to as a serious robbery near Jorenholmen in central Stavanger. On Thursday 4 July, a jacket was stolen from a 15-year-old at Byterminalen in central Stavanger. There were several perpetrators here, who had left the scene when the police arrived. Considering custody According to the police, information has come to light in the investigative work which has led them to the people who are currently arrested. – They all have connections to Stavanger. It is planned to interrogate them, and it is being considered to produce some of these for remand, says police attorney Fredrik Hemmingsen. For the sake of the investigation, the police will not go into more detail about the conditions for which the arrested persons are charged, except that it concerns several cases of robbery and violence. – We must be restrained with information in this phase, for the sake of the ongoing investigation, says Hemmingsen. Helene Haugland is the defense attorney for an 18-year-old boy who was arrested on Thursday. Photo: Josef Benoni NEss Tveit / news – Dissociates from the arrest The lawyer for one of the arrested, Karianne Kroken Sævereide, says that her client has been charged with several of the robberies in Stavanger recently. He was arrested today, but has also been arrested before – He will not plead guilty for the relationship he has explained about, she says. Helene Haugland is defending one of the other arrested. An 18-year-old man from Stavanger. – He has not yet been in for questioning. It won’t happen until tomorrow. Then they will also take a decision on remand, says Haugland to news. – How does he react to the arrest? – It is too early for me to say anything about that. Published 18.07.2024, at 18.50
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Several young men arrested after a wave of robberies in Stavanger – news Rogaland – Local news, TV and radio
