30/05/2014

Three Arrests Following Armed Robbery In Cork

Three people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Cork.

Two masked men armed with knives stole a sum of cash at a petrol station on Leitrim Street at around 8.30pm on Thursday night.

The men made off from the scene in a car which was driven by another man and also had a female passenger.

Gardai later stopped a car and arrested two men and a woman.

A third man escaped on foot.

Knives, balaclavas and money were recovered from the car.

(CD/IT)

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