Police warning
A 31-year-old Devizes man was arrested on suspicion of robbery after a 23-year-old man reported that he had been headbutted and had his mobile phone and cash stolen while on a canal boat.
Police were called to The Wharf, Devizes at 7.35pm on May 10 to investigate the incident and arrived while both men were still by the canal. The younger man from Calne was treated by paramedics at the scene.
A police spokesman said: " A 31-year-old man from Devizes has been arrested on suspicion of robbery and released under investigation, under new bail laws."
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