A TWENTY-ONE-year-old man has been arrested and charged with robbery in connection with an incident at a Blaenavon property on Tuesday.

Gwent Police received a report that at just after 12pm on September 27, a woman in her 70s was targeted at her home on Hillside Avenue.

The police have thanked members of the public who assisted in helping to swiftly identify a man from the Blaenavon area, who will be appear at Newport Magistrates Court this morning in relation to the incident.