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Man due in court charged in connection with armed robbery of business premises in Co Kildare

Staff were threatened and a sum of cash was taken during the incident in Celbridge last week.

A MAN HAS been charged following the robbery of a business premises in Co Kildare last week. 

At approximately 6.30pm on Sunday, 9 April, a male entered the business premises in Celbridge armed with a knife and threatened members of staff. 

The suspected offender took a sum of cash and fled the scene a short time later. 

Following ongoing enquiries by investigating gardaí, a man aged in his 40s was arrested gardaí yesterday evening. 

He was detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at a garda station in Co Kildare. 

He has since been charged and is due to appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice at 10.30am today. 

Comments are closed as a person has been charged. 

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