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Staff held up with handgun and 'sword-like' object in Blessington robbery

Two men have been arrested in connection with a filling station robbery last night.

TWO MEN ARE in custody this morning following a robbery at a filling station in Blessington at last night.

Two men, one armed with a “sword-like object” and the second with a handgun, held up staff at a service station in Blessington and stole a quantity of cash. The men absconded scene in a car.

A Garda car patrolling in the area stopped the car and arrested the two men (aged 30 and 40). The handgun, sword, clothing and cash were recovered in the car.

The two men were arrested and are currently detained at Bray Garda Station, under section 30 of Offences Against the State Act, 1939.

The scene at the filling station is preserved for technical examination and the car has been seized for examination.

In a separate incident, two men appeared in court yesterday morning charged in relation to the robbery of a filling station in Cork city on last week.

Read: Two men charged over filling station robbery

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    Mute TOP CAT
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    Jun 1st 2014, 9:12 AM

    Two more proud sets of parents this morning…
    Armed robbery 15 yrs minimum sentence…
    Great work yet again by our brave unarmed Gardai….

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    Mute Rob Cahill
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    Jun 1st 2014, 1:11 PM

    Be lucky if they do 2 years.

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    Jun 1st 2014, 9:24 AM

    The Guards are getting in the way of a good robbery quite a bit these days. Fair play to them.

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    Jun 1st 2014, 9:09 AM

    I bet these 2 had a difficult childhood.

    They need a hug not sentencing.

    Its really the govts fault.

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    Jun 1st 2014, 9:56 AM

    Hairy…the name Lemon fits you like a glove.

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    Jun 1st 2014, 10:15 AM

    You do know what sarcasm is don’t you Antonov!?!

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    Mute Cosmo Kramer
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    Jun 1st 2014, 11:13 AM

    Says it all when they have to be brought to Bray Garda station because the station in Blessington is on open part time these days

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    Mute Johnner!
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    Jun 2nd 2014, 1:36 AM

    That’s very true. Also the best route from blessington to bray is now via m50 which is decent journey!

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    Jun 1st 2014, 12:47 PM

    Well done to the guards going after and arresting lads who used a gun and a sword when they can’t compete with that.

    Very brave. Well done

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    Mute Eva Leonard
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    Jun 1st 2014, 2:46 PM

    I agree whole heartedly with you our guards are great and get a lot of undue criticisim

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    Mute Dog Standard
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    Jun 1st 2014, 10:12 AM

    I was held up in a shop at knife point once. The guy made me empty the till, and then made me give him 40 johnny blue. I always wondered why he didn’t want all the johnny blue, because there was only about 60 quid in the register. Never made the news though. Some laugh, got 2 hours off work because of it, before I had to return to shop duties.

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    Jun 1st 2014, 2:11 PM

    A sword like object….BRILLIANT description…

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