More than €4,500 in cash has been stolen from a gaming outlet in San Ġwann by two armed robbers.

Two hooded men entered the shop at around 10.40pm in Naxxar Road and asked an employee for cash, the police said. She handed over more than €4,500 and they fled.

Police officers from the St Julian’s police station and Rapid Intervention Unit searched the surrounding area but remained empty-handed. A magisterial inquiry is under way.

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