Police hunt for firearm in armed robbery case (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)
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Police hunt for firearm in Holland-on-Sea armed robbery case
1:26pm Tuesday 9th October 2012 in News
POLICE are still on the hunt for clues in connection with an armed robbery at a post office.
Police dog handlers and a specialist search team scoured fields along Tan Lane in Little Clacton this morning.
A police spokesperson said: “Police were carrying out a search as part of the on-going search for a firearm in connection with the armed robbery in Holland-on-Sea.
“Nothing significant was found.”
Approximately £3000 was stolen from the Post Office in Stratford Road, Holland-on-Sea, at gun point on Wednesday October 3.