A 39-year-old woman was es­cort­ed back to a busi­ness place by se­cu­ri­ty guards who caught her steal­ing mon­ey from a cash reg­is­ter on Fri­day night.

Po­lice said the woman was at a sports bar on Wood­ford Street, Ari­ma, around 7 pm when she walked to the cash reg­is­ter and stole $4,000 be­fore leav­ing.

Se­cu­ri­ty guards saw the in­ci­dent and es­cort­ed her back to the es­tab­lish­ment, where they called the po­lice.

The woman was ar­rest­ed and tak­en to Ari­ma Po­lice Sta­tion, where she was ques­tioned.

Of­fi­cers of the Ari­ma CID viewed CCTV footage and record­ed state­ments from the own­ers about the theft.

In a sep­a­rate in­ci­dent, al­so on Fri­day night, a 20-year-old man was robbed at gun­point while walk­ing to his Bon Air home.

Po­lice said the man was walk­ing on Uni­ty Cir­cu­lar, Bon Air North at 11.30 pm when he was con­front­ed by two men, one of whom had a gun.

The man was beat­en and his cell­phone and $600 cash stolen.