Dutch police have arrested two brothers on suspicion of robbery after their alleged victim spotted a picture of them following him on Google's Street View.

The boy, 14, was mugged last September after two men dragged him of his bike in Groningen, 110 miles north-east of Amsterdam. They made off with his cell phone and $230.

But the victim contacted them in March after seeing what he believed to be an image of himself and the two men on Street View. Officers got in touch with Google for the original picture because the people's faces were blurred. The company complied, and a robbery squad detective immediately recognised one of the brothers.

Prosecutors will now decide whether to charge the suspects, whose identities were not released.