Man and woman arrested over supermarket robbery in Meath

Gardaí recover cash after stopping car on Finglas Road

One man entered the store wearing a balaclava and armed with what appeared to be a handgun. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
One man entered the store wearing a balaclava and armed with what appeared to be a handgun. Photograph: Frank Miller/The Irish Times

A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a robbery at a supermarket in Co Meath on Wednesday.

Gardaí said a man wearing gloves, a balaclava and a hoodie and armed with what appeared to be a handgun, entered the store in Enfield, Co Meath, and forced staff to open the tills.

The man took a quantity of cash and no employees or customers were injured.

About two hours later, gardaí arrested the man and woman, both in their 40s, when they stopped a car on the N2 Finglas Road.

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A quantity of cash was recovered.

Both suspects are being held at Trim and Kells Garda Stations under Section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939.

Dean Ruxton

Dean Ruxton

Dean Ruxton is an Audience Editor at The Irish Times. He also writes the Lost Leads archive series