Essex Police have made four arrests following a robbery at jeweller’s shop Cartouche in Tiptree.

Two masked men, entered the shop in The Centre at around 10am yesterday and smashed a jewellery cabinet with a heavy tool.

The pair made off with an amount of jewellery thought to be worth a five figure sum. The men were unarmed and no one was injured during the incident.

Two men from Romford, aged 58 and 30, one 36-year-old man from Colchester and a 55-year-old woman from Romford were arrested yesterday on suspicion of robbery.

The 55-year-old woman and 58-year-old man have been bailed pending further enquiries to December 12. The two others remain in custody.

Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact officers at Colchester CID on 101, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.