ARMED police arrested a man, hours after a robbery at a Huddersfield betting office.

A man escaped with cash after threatening staff with a gun at Jack Pearson's on Sheepridge Road, Sheepridge, at 6pm yesterday.

No-one was hurt.

A 23-year-old man was detained last night after armed police swooped on a Dalton house at 11.20pm.

Police were questioning him today.