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Major cash raid on van near city | Major cash raid on van near city |
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A substantial amount of money has been taken during a raid on a cash-in-transit van in Dundonald on the outskirts of Belfast. | A substantial amount of money has been taken during a raid on a cash-in-transit van in Dundonald on the outskirts of Belfast. |
The incident was reported shortly after 1300 GMT at an Asda supermarket in the Church Road area on Friday. | The incident was reported shortly after 1300 GMT at an Asda supermarket in the Church Road area on Friday. |
A driver making a delivery to the premises said he had been threatened and robbed by a man brandishing what is thought to have been a knife. | A driver making a delivery to the premises said he had been threatened and robbed by a man brandishing what is thought to have been a knife. |
He made his escape in a blue Renault Megane car driven by a second male. | He made his escape in a blue Renault Megane car driven by a second male. |
It was found abandoned a short time later in the area of Canberra Park where the two men got into a dark coloured vehicle driven by a third man. | |
The robber is described as being in his 20s or 30s and is 6ft 3 ins tall with short, dark hair. | |
He was wearing a white hooded top with a black stripe across the shoulders and down the inside of the arms, dark tracksuit bottoms and a hat with flaps. | |
Detectives in Castlereagh have appealed for information from anyone who was in the Church Road area of Dundonald or the Canberra Park area between 1245 and 1345 GMT. |