PSNI car rammed by trailer theft driver

Two police officers were injured in Enniskillen when police cars were rammed following an early morning robbery today.

Two police officers were injured in Enniskillen when police cars were rammed following an early morning robbery today.

One man was arrested during the incident in the Co Fermanagh town and a second man is being sought.

The Police Service said officers went to a car park at Forthill Street in the town at around 2.15am after a report of a trailer being stolen.

The trailer was hooked onto the back of a white Transit van which drove off as they arrived. A man also fled on foot.

Two police vehicles were rammed at Shore Road in the town a short time later before the van was stopped, the trailer recovered and the van driver arrested.

A police spokeswoman said the two injured officers were not believed to have been seriously hurt.

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