Gardaí arrest two in connection with Roscommon robbery

Two people have been arrested after a robbery at a post office in Roscommon yesterday.

Three masked men, two of which are believed to have been armed, made off with an undisclosed amount of money and cigarettes in the raid.

A man in his twenties and a woman in her forties were arrested in Ballinlough yesterday evening.

They are being held at Castlerea Garda station under section 30 of The Offences Against The State Act.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses.