Five men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in Greater Manchester.
Shortly before 12.35pm on Tuesday 29 August, three men wearing balaclavas burst into a McColls shop on Car Bank Street, in Atherton, a town in the borough of Bolton.
They left a fourth man in a Vauxhall Vectra outside.
Two of the men were carrying a sledgehammer and a crowbar and threatened staff, punching one of them repeatedly in the face.
The offenders fled in the car having stolen a small amount of cash and some stamps.
Officers quickly made their way to the scene and arrested a 36-year-old man but the other three fled towards the M61 where they attempted to carjack a Toyota Yaris by attacking the elderly male driver and trying to forcibly drag a woman out of the car.
Another man, aged 32, was arrested at this location with two others aged 35 arrested nearby.
They were all arrested on suspicion of robbery and a woman, aged 48, was also arrested on suspicion of money laundering in connection with the investigation.
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