Armed robbery, Shore Road, Belfast
05 Aug 2010
Detectives at Antrim Road CID are investigating a robbery at a supermarket on Shore Road, north Belfast on Wednesday 4th August.
Shortly before 9pm three masked men entered the store. Staff were threatened and a firearm was mentioned but not produced.
It's understood money was removed from two tills before the robbers made off in a vehicle driven by a fourth man. It's believed the blue BMW X1 was stolen during a creeper burglary in the Mosside Mews area of Dunmurry on 27th July.
The first robber is described as slim and was wearing a white hoody with grey horizontal stripes, navy tracksuit bottoms, white trainers and dark gloves and a balaclava. The second man was also slim and wearing a striped grey hoody with the hood up and possibly a balaclava underneath, black tracksuit bottoms, grey trainers and grey gloves. The third was wearing a grey hoody, darker on the shoulders arms and hood, light track bottoms, a light baseball cap with a scarf over his face and dark glasses.
Anyone who saw these males in the area or who can help identify them is asked to contact the CID offices at Antrim Road on 0845 600 8000. Alternatively information about crime can be passed anonymously to the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.
