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30th Dec 2018

Three men arrested after knife and hatchet used in Dublin shop raid

Dave Hanratty

Wexford

The robbery took place on Saturday evening.

Three men have been arrested and a sum of cash recovered following an armed robbery at a shop in Stillorgan, County Dublin, in which a knife and hatchet were used.

Gardaí responded to reports of a robbery in progress at approximately 6.15pm on Saturday evening (29 December).

The alarm had been raised when two men entered the store and proceeded to threaten staff with a knife and hatchet before leaving on foot with a sum of money.

A car was subsequently intercepted by Gardaí as it attempted to leave a car park outside the store.

The occupants of the car – two men aged in their 30s and one man in his 40s – were arrested, with a sum of cash along with a hammer and an axe retrieved from the car.

Nobody was injured during the raid.

Following their arrest, the three men were taken to Dundrum Garda Station and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 for questioning.

All three are currently in Garda custody as of Sunday night as the investigation continues.

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