TWO suspected shoplifters arrested after a security guard was assaulted in Oldbury were released with a caution.

Police were called to reports that two women aged 17 and 18 who were suspected of shoplifting had assaulted a security guard in Freeth Street, on Friday (February 28) at around 5pm.

A spokesman for West Midlands Police said they were arrested and sent to police custody and were later released with a caution.