26/02/2013

Three Arrested Over Machete Robbery

A man has robbed a cash in transit van with a machette in north Belfast.

It happened on the Old Park Road at about lunchtime on Monday.

Three men aged 24, 44, and 51 have been arrested.

A sum of money has been recovered.

(GK)

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