June 8, 2011 – Armed Robbery – Hotel – Erskineville
Published June 8, 2011 | 
Police from Newtown Local Area Command are investigating the armed robbery of a hotel in Sydney’s inner west last night.
Witnesses told police two men – one armed with a handgun, the other with a screwdriver – entered the building in Swanson Street at Erskineville about 10.45pm.
They threatened staff and demanded cash.
The men were handed a sum of cash and they left the scene in a dark-coloured Audi station wagon.
Police were alerted and a crime scene was established. Officers from the Forensic Armed Robbery Unit examined the scene
