Updated: Arrests after armed robbery at post office (From Southend Standard)
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Post office robbery: Man arrested
3:36pm Thursday 20th December 2012 in Echo News
POLICE have arrested two more men following a robbery on a Rayleigh post office.
They have now questioned three suspects about the knife-point raid at Grange post office, in London Road, on Tuesday.
The Echo previously reported how two members of staff were threatened in the raid and £450 cash was stolen from the till.
A 22-year-old man from Basildon arrested on Wednesday has now been released on bail until February 22.
Two further men, aged 28 and 19 from the Southend area were arrested on Thursday night and remain in custody.
Eric Whim says...
3:57pm Thu 20 Dec 12