Man arrested after Carlow post office robbery
Gardaí in Carlow have arrested a man in his early 20s, following a post office robbery in Carlow yesterday.
The Leighlinbridge post office was robbed just after 12pm in the afternoon, when a man on his own entered the building on High Street and threatened a customer with a knife.
No was injured, but the man managed to escape on foot with an amount of cash.
During a follow-up operation a man aged in his 20s was arrested.
He was taken to Carlow Garda Station and detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984.
He has been charged and will appear before Kilkenny District Court this morning at 10.30am.
