Armed raid on filling station

ARMED and masked raiders got away with an undisclosed amount of cash when they held up staff at a filling station in Adare on Wednesday night.

Three men, one carrying a hand gun and the others brandishing pickaxe handles, stormed into the filling station at around 11pm and threatened two male staff who were locking up.

They took the days takings and made off in a navy coloured Mini Cooper with a white roof, with a fourth man at the wheel.