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16/03/2009
Three Arrested Over Ballinlough Robbery
Gardaí investigating last Saturday morning's post office robbery in Ballinlough have arrested two men and a woman in Roscommon town.
All three are being detained at Roscommon Garda Station, the men are aged 27 and 36 years and the woman is 28 years.
The male owner of the post office, who is in his 40s, was held up by three men wearing balaclavas.
According to Gardaí, one of the men was armed with a sawn off shotgun, one was armed with a knife and the other was armed with a hatchet.
They tied up the owner and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The alarm was raised when a member of staff came to work a short time later.
No one was injured during the course of this incident.
(DW/BMcC)
All three are being detained at Roscommon Garda Station, the men are aged 27 and 36 years and the woman is 28 years.
The male owner of the post office, who is in his 40s, was held up by three men wearing balaclavas.
According to Gardaí, one of the men was armed with a sawn off shotgun, one was armed with a knife and the other was armed with a hatchet.
They tied up the owner and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The alarm was raised when a member of staff came to work a short time later.
No one was injured during the course of this incident.
(DW/BMcC)
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