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Man (30s) arrested after threatening staff with hammer during Meath robbery

He is due to appear before Trim District Court this morning.

GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING AN aggravated robbery in Navan, Co Meath have charged a man in his 30s. 

At 3.20pm yesterday, a man entered a premises in Flowerhill wearing a mask and armed with a hammer. 

A garda spokesperson said he threatened staff and demanded cash before leaving the premises. 

Gardaí arrested a man in his early 30s in relation to this incident during a follow-up search last night. 

He was taken to Navan Garda Station and detained under Section 4 Criminal Justice Act, 1984. 

He has since been charged and is due to appear before Trim District Court this morning. 

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