Police link east Antrim robberies

by Roger Donnelly

Detectives investigating two robberies in Glenarm and Ballygally, have arrested two people, a man aged 41 and a woman aged 30. 

At approximately 10.35am  on Sunday, 23 July, police received a report that as a man was taking photos in a car park on the New Road, Glenarm a masked man, brandishing what's believed to be a gun, demanded that he hand over the keys to his car, which he did. The man then made off in the vehicle, a red Ford Fiesta Finesse.

At approximately 10.50am police received a report of a robbery at commercial premises in the Coast Road area of Ballygally. A masked man entered the shop with what is believed to be a gun and demanded money from staff. He left the scene with a sum of money.

No one was injured during either of these incidents, however the man whose car was stolen and staff within the shop were all left very badly shaken.
The stolen red Fiesta was found abandoned at approximately 11.15am on the Dickeystown Road, Glenarm.

Detective Sergeant Peter Crothers said: “I would appeal to anyone who may have witnessed either of these incidents or anyone who may have observed the red Ford Fiesta Finesse driving on the Coast Road or Dickeystown Road, Glenarm to contact Detectives at Larne on the non-emergency number 101, quoting reference number '498 23/07/17'.