Arrests after criminal damage

Two men have been arrested after a water sprinkler was deliberately set off at a block of flats in Stoke-on-Trent.

Emergency services were called to St Luke’s Court, off Well Street in Hanley, on Thursday (27 October) following reports of criminal damage.

Earlier today (30 October) officers arrested two men, aged 25 and 34, both of no fixed address, on suspicion of criminal damage.

They remain in custody at this time.

We are continuing to appeal for anyone who saw any suspicious behaviour in or around St Luke’s Court, between 9.15am and 10.15am on Thursday morning, to come forward.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Staffordshire Police on Facebook, Twitter, or call 101, quoting incident number 509 of 27 October.