Post office robbed in Co Down

Police in Co Down are investigating a robbery at a post office this morning.

Police in Co Down are investigating a robbery at a post office this morning.

Two men armed with handguns and a crowbar entered the premises at Greyabbey shortly before 10am and demanded cash.

They made off with an undisclosed sum of money in a white-coloured car which was recovered a short time later close to Greyabbey Cemetery, the PSNI said.

Police appealed for anyone who may have been in the area this morning and noticed a white coloured car in the village with a number of males on board to contact detectives at Newtownards.

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