Shot fired during Lisburn cash van robbery
TWO masked men fired a shot and escaped with a cash box after threatening guards near a cash-in-transit van at Longstone Street in Lisburn around midday on Thursday.
The vehicle's security guards were not injured but were left shaken by the ordeal.
The robbers escaped in a red Hyundai car and may have transferred to a white van shortly afterwards.
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Hide AdA suspect vehicle which police believed was linked to the robbery was later found abandoned in the Glenties area of west Belfast.
The cash box from the armed robbery was recovered and army bomb experts were called to check the area.
The vehicle has been removed by police for further examination.