Police arrest 2 men accused of robbing 3 teens in Nanaimo
NANAIMO — Two men were arrested after allegedly robbing three 14-year-old boys in Nanaimo.
Police said it happened in the Subway parking lot on Departure Bay Rd. Tuesday at 9:30 p.m., when two men with their faces covered approached the boys.
The teens told police the men demanded they turn over their backpacks near Wellington Secondary School. The thieves then took off in a nearby vehicle and their license plate was reported by one of the victims to 911.
Police tracked down the suspects in the Pryde Ave. area in less than an hour.