Man arrested after armed robbery in Co Louth

After demanding money from the till the man fled the scene on foot with a sum of cash. 

Two people were arrested however only one person was charged. File picture.

Gardaí have charged a man following an armed robbery of a shop in Dundalk, Co Louth. 

Just before 8am yesterday morning, a man entered a shop on the Carrickmacross road armed with a hammer and threatened staff. 

After demanding money from the till he fled the scene on foot with a sum of cash. 

After a series of inquiries, gardaí arrested two people aged in their 20s at a residence in the Co Louth town. 

They were detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984 at Dundalk garda station. 

The woman has since been released without charge but the man is due before Dundalk District Court this morning at 10.30am.