Police hunt gang after robbery, kidnap ordeal

A WIDESPREAD police hunt is on for an armed gang that kidnapped, assaulted and robbed staff at a motor service centre in the North.

Four members of staff at the centre in Upper Dunmurry Lane, outside Belfast, were confronted by four masked men armed with a shotgun and hand guns at 5pm on Wednesday.

Two of the male employees needed hospital treatment after an ordeal lasting more than four hours and involving as many as eight gang members.