Wicklow gardaí investigate armed robbery
Gardaí in Wicklow are investigating an armed robbery at a service station in Arklow yesterday.
A masked male raider entered the shop on the Dublin Road at around 5pm armed with what is believed to have been a knife.
He threatened staff and demanded cash before making off in the direction of Briggs Lane.
Gardaí were alerted and in a follow-up search, a man in his 20s was arrested. He was detained at Arklow garda station.
All the cash has been recovered.
The man was released from custody last night and a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
