SIDNEY - Four adult males have been arrested by the Nebraska State Patrol after a 911 call Thursday afternoon reported a robbery in the vicinity of the Sapp Bros. truck stop parking lot, authorities said.

“The original call was received by the Sidney 911 center and the Sidney Police Department responded,” Sgt. Jacobsen with the NSP said. “They notified us that the vehicle (involved) was on Interstate 80.”

A description of the vehicle was dispatched to troopers and one trooper spotted the vehicle. Jacobsen said the arrests took place at mile marker 1 on State Highway 19.

“We are treating it as a robbery, where money was taken from a person” he said.

The men are suspected of strong-arm robbery and illegal gambling. Jacobsen said the investigation was continuing Thursday afternoon and the State Patrol was seeking a search warrant.

The men are housed in the Cheyenne County Jail, he said.

The names of the suspects and the victim had not been released as of press time.

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