24/07/2017

Man Has Car Stolen At Gunpoint In Co Antrim

A man has had his car stolen at gunpoint as he was taking photographs in Co Antrim.

A masked man approached the victim in a car park in Glenarm at around 10.35am on Sunday, 23 July.

He demanded the man to hand over his car keys and made off in a red Ford Fiesta on New Road.

Around 15 minutes later police received reports of a robbery at a shop on the Coast Road in Ballygally.

A masked man armed with a gun entered the premises and made off with a sum of money.

The car was later found abandoned on Dickeystown Road in Glenarm.

The PSNI believe the robberies may be linked and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

(CD/LM)

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