Three men arrested over Co Down robbery

Three men are being questioned tonight after a security guard was robbed at knifepoint in Co Down.

Three men are being questioned tonight after a security guard was robbed at knifepoint in Co Down.

Police said a man wearing a fluorescent jacket threatened the guard as he was making a cash delivery to a grocery store on Hill Street, Newry.

The suspect grabbed the cash box and made off in a silver Peugeot, driven by a second man, shortly before 10am.

The car was later found abandoned on the Craigmore Road and the stolen cash box was also recovered.

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Three men, aged 27, 28 and 32 years-of-age were arrested on suspicion of robbery a short time later after the PSNI stopped a red Rover car on the Belfast Road.