07/07/2005
Armed robbers target shopping centre
Police are appealing for information following a robbery in a Co Armagh shopping centre on Wednesday.
Two members of staff working for a cash delivery firm were left badly shaken during the incident in Craigavon at about 6.15pm, when they were approached by a man, described as being between 6ft 2ins and 6ft 4ins, wearing a white boiler suit, a mask and carrying a gun.
The robber ordered one of the victim’s to drop the box which he then took before fleeing the scene in a car driven by a second man.
The getaway vehicle was a metallic grey Ford Mondeo with a child's sunvisor on the rear passenger side window.
The driver is described as being aged in his late 20s to early 30s with cropped light coloured hair and was wearing a blue or grey shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/GB)
Two members of staff working for a cash delivery firm were left badly shaken during the incident in Craigavon at about 6.15pm, when they were approached by a man, described as being between 6ft 2ins and 6ft 4ins, wearing a white boiler suit, a mask and carrying a gun.
The robber ordered one of the victim’s to drop the box which he then took before fleeing the scene in a car driven by a second man.
The getaway vehicle was a metallic grey Ford Mondeo with a child's sunvisor on the rear passenger side window.
The driver is described as being aged in his late 20s to early 30s with cropped light coloured hair and was wearing a blue or grey shirt.
Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives on 028 9065 0222 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.
(MB/GB)
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