There is often a lot of money to be made when playing poker at a popular casino venue and there are definitely a lot of people that come away from a casino thinking that they have been robbed. However, it is not nice when these two elements come together after robberies or attempted robberies at popular casino venues. The current economic situation may be grim for many people these days, causing them to contemplate actions they normally wouldn’t but that still doesn’t justify what some people do.
The Grosvenor Casino in Newcastle, a popular poker venue in the North East of England, was the venue for an armed raid that took place on Thursday the 21st of February. During the raid, two men threatened a security guard with a shotgun before they stole a lot of money, which is so far undisclosed, from the casino on Thursday evening.
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However, on Tuesday the 25th of February, police announced that they had arrested two men and were in the process of questioning them after the armed raid. The initial police report stated that two men, one aged 44 and the other aged 33, had been “arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery”. Both men were bailed.
The police are still continuing their investigations and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward as they believe that other people may have been involved and are still at large. Thankfully these incidents do not occur too often but with the current economic climate and casinos being such a standout premises these days, there is a chance that these events may happen again.
The club have yet to issue a statement about the incident and they have not been forthcoming on how much money was stolen.