The robbery occurred at 04 am on a Saturday morning just over a week ago. According to the police report, several unknown persons had entered an elderly woman's house in Mönsterås and where, under threat and violence, forced cash and jewelry.

The woman had to go to hospital afterwards for control, and it is unclear what injuries she sustained.

Appealed for tips

Because the robbers were unknown to the woman, the police appealed for tips from the public to arrest the perpetrators. Last Friday, bingo was held when three men, 25, 29 and 50 years old, were arrested. Two of them are native to Mönsterås.

Police and prosecutors are frugal with information about how they managed to call in the three suspected offenders. You can't say at the moment if tips from the public are behind.

"There are various investigative measures that have enabled us to track down these suspects," said Robert Loeffel, press spokesman for the police region south.

The three men are likely to be suspected of serious robbery and are being held in custody on Monday.