Two teenagers were arrested in Piccadilly Gardens after a knife and balaclava was found on Sunday (August 24).

Officers from GMP's Piccadilly Gardens Neighbourhood team were continuing to patrol the city centre hotspot when they made the arrests.

In one incident, a teenage boy was arrested after being found in possession of a bladed article. He has since been charged and bailed to attend court but cannot be named for legal reasons.

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Greater Manchester Police said he 'is believed to be one of the main robbery suspects in the area'.

Another teenage boy was also arrested on suspicion of carrying out a knife-point robbery which took place in Piccadilly Gardens on August 17. When office

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