PSNI questions:

Some key areas of investigation

Some key areas of investigation

1 Did anyone see the white Ford van south of Newry at around 5 p.m. on the day of the robbery, December 20th, or in the vicinity of Belfast city-centre later that evening?

2 Did anyone see new Northern Bank £100 or £50 notes being used in any transaction?

3 Late on Monday, December 20th, Mrs Karen McMullan was freed by her captors on Drumnaquoile Road near Drumkeeragh Forest, Co Down. The police want the driver and any passengers of a car which passed her on that road, nearly hitting her, to come forward. Mrs McMullan had been dressed in a distinctive forensic-style blue boiler-suit.

4 Did anyone see a man with a large Umbro sports bag in the vicinity of the Northern Bank, or see him transfer it to another man wearing a coat and hat, on the night of the robbery?

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