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Henry Street, Newbridge
# Co Kildare
Betting shop staff threatened at gunpoint by lone raider
The man was armed with what’s believed to have been a handgun.
GARDAÍ IN NEWBRIDGE, Co Kildare, are appealing for information, after a lone raider staged a hold up at a bookies in the town last night.
The man entered the premises on Henry Street at around 9.30pm, threatened staff and made off with a sum of cash, a garda spokesperson confirmed.
He was armed with what’s believed to have been a handgun.
No one was injured in the course of the incident, and no shots were fired.
Anyone with information is being asked to contact Newbridge Garda Station on 045 440 180.
