Armed robbery: Man tied up by masked intruders

Detectives are investigating an armed robbery at a house in the Dublin Road area of Omagh yesterday during which a man was tied up by a number of masked intruders.
By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Sep 2018, 14:18 BST
Updated 23rd Sep 2018, 15:23 BST

Detective Sergeant Keith Monaghan said: “Officers received a report at around 9.30pm on Saturday evening, that a house had been entered by a number of masked men, one of whom was armed with a baseball bat. A male occupant was tied up by the intruders and the house ransacked, with a sum of money and a quantity of jewellery reported stolen.”

It’s understood the man wasn’t physically injured but was left badly shaken by the ordeal.

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“The intruders left the house and made off from the scene in the occupant’s brown Mercedes jeep. The jeep was located on Sunday morning abandoned in a field on the Blackfoot Road, outside Omagh, and I am keen to determine its movements between 9.30pm on Saturday and when it was located at 8am on Sunday,” DS Monaghan continued.

“We are investigating a link between this incident and a similar incident at Gardiners Cross Road in Maguiresbridge on Friday evening, and I would ask anyone with any information which could assist us in our investigations to contact detectives at Omagh on 101 quoting reference 1386 22/09/18,” he added.

Information can also be provided anonymously to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

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