NSW: Armed robberies may be linked - police

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2007
NSW: Armed robberies may be linked - police

SYDNEY, Dec 3 AAP - Two armed robberies and an attempted robbery in Sydney overnight
may be linked, police say.

Three men wearing balaclavas and gloves robbed a souvenir shop in Harris St at Pyrmont
at about 11pm (AEDT) yesterday.

The group, one armed with a firearm, threatened staff before leaving with cash and
other items, police said.

A short time later, four people in a silver Mercedes sedan pulled up outside a hotel
on First Avenue in Five Dock.

Three masked men, one armed, got out and kicked open the front door before leaving empty handed.

The incidents are believed to be linked to another armed robbery in which three masked
people, one armed, robbed a hotel in Hurlstone Park in Sydney's south-west.

The three threatened staff with a firearm, sledge hammer and baton before stealing cash.

The group drove from the scene in a silver car just before midnight.

The three offenders have been described as being of solid build and wearing balaclavas,
gloves and dark clothing.

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KEYWORD: ARMED

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