THREE ARRESTS AFTER ARMED RAID ON CREGGS POST OFFICE

Date Published: 26-Jul-2012

Three men have been arrested following an armed raid at a Post Office in Creggs on Monday.

The men all in their 30s and with Roscommon addresses are being detained at Galway and Ballinasloe Garda stations.

At around twenty to one on Monday afternoon, two men entered O' Rourkes shop and Post office in Creggs, armed with a single barrel shotgun.

The men left soon after without managing to get any cash from the till, and fled the scene in a black Nissan Nevarra jeep in the direction of Williamstown.

Investigating Gardaí arrested three men in Ballyhaigue near Williamstown shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.