Three young men have been arrested after theft at Meadowhall Shopping Centre.

South Yorkshire Police were called after reports of  19 iPhones being stolen from the Apple store worth around £17,000 at 5pm on 4 December.

According to the report, a group of six offenders entered the store and grabbed items, before fleeing the shopping centre.

Officers and Apple staff tracked two of the stolen phones near Sheffield Train Station,  and three of the group were found at a nearby McDonalds on Farm Road.

Sorinsava Rostas, 21, of no fixed address, and Ramir Rostas, 18, also of no fixed address, have been charged with two counts of theft and remanded before appearing in court later today. A 14-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has also been charged with two counts of left and released on bail.

The three were also connected to an earlier incident in Exeter on 3 December, in which items were also stolen from an Apple store to the value of around £10,000.

More details please go to the official website of South Yorkshire police.

Pictured: Meadowhall Shopping Mall