Following an armed robbery at a supermarket in Rossecourt Estate, Balgaddy, Lucan, Dublin, the Gardaí were quickly able to apprehend and charge two men, aged in their late 20’s and mid 30’s, in connection with the robbery.

The robbery occurred outside a supermarket in Balgaddy, Lucan yesterday afternoon, Monday 21st March, 2016 at approximately 2 p.m.

The men were arrested yesterday afternoon following a robbery in which a firearm was produced.

An injured party was sitting in his van when two men produced a suspected firearm and demanded money.

The suspects left the scene in a Ford Mondeo. This vehicle was abandoned on Esker Lane a short time later and a number of Gardaí carried out a search of the area and two men were arrested. They were both detained at Lucan Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939-'98 as amended.

Gardaí recovered the proceeds of the robbery, and a firearm.