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23/08/2005
Staff threatened with knife during robbery
Shop staff were threatened with a knife during a robbery in Portrush on Monday.
At around 5:10pm a man wearing a balaclava, black sweatshirt, and blue jeans entered the Chemist shop and after threatening staff with a knife made off with a sum of money and a small quantity of drugs.
Anyone who witnessed the robbery or who has any information is asked to contact police at Coleraine on 028 7034 4122 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Meanwhile, police have released details of a cocaine seizure in Co Tyrone last week.
The drugs, which were recovered in Dungannon, have an estimated street value of about £35,000.
Details of last Wednesday's seizure on the Annaghbeg Road have only been released.
(MB/SP)
At around 5:10pm a man wearing a balaclava, black sweatshirt, and blue jeans entered the Chemist shop and after threatening staff with a knife made off with a sum of money and a small quantity of drugs.
Anyone who witnessed the robbery or who has any information is asked to contact police at Coleraine on 028 7034 4122 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Meanwhile, police have released details of a cocaine seizure in Co Tyrone last week.
The drugs, which were recovered in Dungannon, have an estimated street value of about £35,000.
Details of last Wednesday's seizure on the Annaghbeg Road have only been released.
(MB/SP)
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