Staff at an Ennis shop had to contend with a traumatic incident after one worker was threatened with a knife.

At approximately 6:05pm last Tuesday, a lone male entered the Gala Shop on Cloughleigh Rd in Ennis wearing a balaclava over his face and carrying a knife.

He demanded the staff member to open the cash register but he couldnโ€™t open it โ€“ this male then took a number of packets of cigarettes and left on a bike in the direction of the Lahinch Road.

โ€œThis was a traumatic incident for the staff member but he wasnโ€™t physically injured,โ€ Crime Prevention Officer at Ennis Garda Station, Triona Brooks stated.

Later in the same evening Gardaรญ from Ennis Garda Station executed a search warrant at a house in Ennis and a male in his late 20โ€™s was arrested and detained at Ennis Garda Station.

On Thursday (August 12th), he was brought in custody before Ennis District Court and was remanded in custody to Limerick Prison.

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