28/08/2003

Postal worker in shock after hijacking

A post office worker was left badly shaken yesterday after his van was hijacked and he was held for a time by three masked men.

The incident occurred at around 6.30pm when three masked men approached the van at Carlisle Square in Belfast and forced the man in to the back of the vehicle. He was then blindfolded and tied up.

The van was driven to the Hannahstown Road in Dundrod where the van's goods were unloaded and the man was abandoned by his captors who made off.

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