Three men are in police custody following an armed robbery committed on residents at a Duncan Street, Campbellville home yesterday.

According to police press release, at about 5:30 pm yesterday two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, kicked open the door to a house at Duncan Street, Campbellville, and held the two occupants- Joseph Phillips and Albert Kelair- at gun point. The bandits subsequently took away a total of $85,000 from their victims and escaped in a waiting taxi.

The matter was reported and a quick response by the police led to the taxi driver being apprehended on Sheriff Street with the motor vehicle, police said.

Further investigations led to the arrest of the two other suspects in a house at Dowding Street, Kitty, and the recovery of a toy gun. “The two suspects arrested in the house have been positively identified by the victims as the perpetrators and the motor vehicle has been identified as the car used by them to escape after the robbery”, the release said.

The motor vehicle has also been detained.