Armed gang raids store

Monday 21st December 2009, 11:30AM GMT.

A gang armed with a handgun burst into a newsagents, threatening a customer before fleeing with a large amount of cigarettes and cash.

Three men, all wearing balaclavas and wielding a crowbar and gun, struck at Ryecroft News in Mill Street, Walsall, on Saturday at 5.30pm where they also threatened a terrified 40-year-old male customer.

They were driven away in a dark-coloured vehicle, possibly a Vauxhall Vectra, by a fourth man. No-one was injured during the robbery.



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