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23/11/2011
Gardaí Arrest Four Over Cork Armed Robbery
Four people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery that took place in County Cork in August.
Gardai from Cobh and Middleton said they had made the four arrests on Wednesday morning as part of their investigation into the armed robbery at a Bank in Glanmire Co. Cork on the August 5.
Three males and a female, aged in their 20s & 30s, were arrested following an operation in Cork City and East Cork. They are currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, at Cobh and Middleton Garda Stations.
A spokesman for local Gardaí said that at approximately 10.00am on the morning of the robbery, two men armed with a shotgun and a sledgehammer approached and threatened staff making a Cash in Transit delivery at a Bank at Hazelwood shopping centre in Glanmire.
Following a struggle with staff both men fled empty handed. The suspects made their escape in a car, which was later found on fire near Windsor Hill, Glounthaune.
(DW)
Gardai from Cobh and Middleton said they had made the four arrests on Wednesday morning as part of their investigation into the armed robbery at a Bank in Glanmire Co. Cork on the August 5.
Three males and a female, aged in their 20s & 30s, were arrested following an operation in Cork City and East Cork. They are currently detained under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, at Cobh and Middleton Garda Stations.
A spokesman for local Gardaí said that at approximately 10.00am on the morning of the robbery, two men armed with a shotgun and a sledgehammer approached and threatened staff making a Cash in Transit delivery at a Bank at Hazelwood shopping centre in Glanmire.
Following a struggle with staff both men fled empty handed. The suspects made their escape in a car, which was later found on fire near Windsor Hill, Glounthaune.
(DW)
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