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24/09/2009
Gardai Arrest Bank Robbery Suspects
It has emerged that three men are now in custody in the Irish republic over an armed robbery at a bank in Northern Ireland.
Two gunmen entered a bank in Belleek, Co Fermanagh, on Monday and told customers to lie on the floor while they made staff fill bags with cash.
They escaped in a car which was later found burnt out a mile across the border in the Republic of Ireland.
The men were arrested in the Republic and are being held in Letterkenny, Ballyshannon and Dublin.
See: Border Bandits Hunted(BMCC/GK)
Two gunmen entered a bank in Belleek, Co Fermanagh, on Monday and told customers to lie on the floor while they made staff fill bags with cash.
They escaped in a car which was later found burnt out a mile across the border in the Republic of Ireland.
The men were arrested in the Republic and are being held in Letterkenny, Ballyshannon and Dublin.
See: Border Bandits Hunted(BMCC/GK)
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Ireland WeatherToday:A sunny but frosty start for many. However cloud increases by midday with a few showers reaching the north coast, these mostly light but spreading inland this afternoon. Chilly. Maximum temperature 8 °C.Tonight:A rather cloudy evening with scattered showers. Becoming drier through the night with some good clear spells developing and a patchy frost away from coasts. Minimum temperature 0 °C.
