Man threatened woman with imitation handgun in attempted armed robbery

Gardaí and the Armed Support Unit responded to the attempted robbery to make the arrest. 

The man aged in his late teens fled the scene but was later arrested. File picture. 

A man threatened a woman with an imitation firearm in an attempted robbery yesterday afternoon in Co Louth. 

The man in his late teens approached the woman in Drogheda, Co Louth just after 3pm and demanded money from her several times.