Police arrest suspects in Witton Gilbert farm burglary

TWO suspected burglars accused of threatening their victim with a screwdriver during a raid at a remote farm were arrested within 12 minutes.

Officers received a report of two suspects fleeing the scene of a burglary in the Witton Gilbert area near Durham just after 8.46am on Tuesday.

One of the men was reported to have threatened their victim with a screwdriver before making off across farmland.

At 8.58am - just 12 minutes later - two suspects had been detained.

A man in his 40s from Beamish and a man in his 30s from Gateshead were both arrested and each charged with two counts of burglary and two counts of theft from a motor vehicle.

They were remanded into custody to appear at Durham Crown Court on December 23.