Post Office Robberies

Niles

From the RTÉ site:

RT&#201 wrote: »

Cash stolen in Co Wicklow post office raid

Gardaí are investigating two separate post office robberies in the Co Wicklow towns of Avoca and Arklow.

Two men are being sought following the theft of around €2,000 in a raid on a post office in Avoca, Co Wicklow.

The robbery happened as the post office was opening, just after 9am.
Gardaí say two raiders, armed with a hammer and a knife, entered the premises and threatened staff.

They escaped on foot, with what is being described as a small amount of money, believed to be in the region of €2,000.

No one was injured during the raid.

Elsewhere in Wicklow, gardaí are investigating an attempted raid on another post office in Arklow.

A man entered the post office at about 2.10pm and demanded money. It is believed that he was carrying a firearm.

He left the scene a short time later. Nobody was injured in the incident and nothing was taken.

Narrowly avoided this myself, joined the queue in Arklow at around 14.25, completely oblivious to what was going on, it closed a few minutes later. A worrying development considering the recent spate of shops being robbed locally.

slowburner

The two who attempted to rob Arklow post office were arrested, hopefully they're the same two who robbed Avoca.

http://www.wicklownews.net/Post/2012/1/895/attempted-raid-at-arklow-post-office

PseudoFamous

I sincerely hope it's not the same prat who's already been caught twice, pretending an airsoft yoke was a gun.

slowburner

PseudoFamous wrote: »

I sincerely hope it's not the same prat who's already been caught twice, pretending an airsoft yoke was a gun.

It was two gougers with a knife and a hammer.

PseudoFamous

slowburner wrote: »

It was two gougers with a knife and a hammer.

That was in Avoca. I'm talking about the failed one in Arklow.

slowburner

Don't know what the Arklow raiders had in their hand but there was two of them
http://www.wicklownews.net/Post/2012/1/895/attempted-raid-at-arklow-post-office

PseudoFamous

slowburner wrote: »

Don't know what the Arklow raiders had in their hand but there was two of them

RT&#201 wrote:

Elsewhere in Wicklow, gardaí are investigating an attempted raid on another post office in Arklow.

A man entered the post office at about 2.10pm and demanded money. It is believed that he was carrying a firearm

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slowburner

You can have the last word

admiralofthefleet

i drove by arklow PO just after it happened. the gardai had the south quay closed off so i presume thats where they caught the fella

Niles

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i drove by arklow PO just after it happened. the gardai had the south quay closed off so i presume thats where they caught the fella

I heard something about a van being found abandoned on the quays alright, and that the thieves were intercepted at Ashford. Must have pulled the old switcheroo...

slowburner

It was the same two gougers who robbed Avoca post office and then Arklow.
They were both arrested.
In the Avoca raid, they smashed the partition window with a hammer, jumped in while menacing the lone postmistress with a knife and fled with the cash box and a relatively small amount of cash.
They got nothing in Arklow.

The raid took all of 35 seconds - it might take years for the postmistress to get over such a terrifying experience.

Fair play to the Gardaí for nabbing them. Let's hope they serve a long sentence.

Niles

slowburner wrote: »

The raid took all of 35 seconds - it might take years for the postmistress to get over such a terrifying experience.

Fair play to the Gardaí for nabbing them. Let's hope they serve a long sentence.

Indeed. No doubt we'll hear the sob-stories about how "poor Johnny was a good lad really, he just couldn't afford the rent" or something similar.